Walking Pebbly Beach nearly to Shipwreck ...

.. and back.  This walk is bought to you by the colour Yellow and the letter P.

Let us begin with a double header: a Yellow Flower that begins with 'p': Persoonia levis (Smooth Geebung).

Definitely yellow and I think Coronidium scorpioides (Button Everlasting).

Craspedia variabilis (Billy buttons)

Viminaria juncea (Golden Spray).  I have seen this in the past but not in such profusion as this year.  I suspect this is something to do with the amount of rain we have had.

This one is interesting: definitely Gompholobium sp but the flowers seemed much smaller than expected for G. hugelii.  Possibly G. glabratum - heath habitat matches but out of the range cited by VicFlora.  Let us see what iNaturalist has to say.

Possibly the commonest yellow flower Goodenia ovata.

A crap photo, but Ranunculus sp are not common here, although VicFlora has some 47 entries under the genus name!  Fortunately the Atlas of Living Australia only lists one species in this area: R. lappaceus

Getting in to the 'p's here is a Pimelea linifolia.

Pink Tetratheca sp.

A swathe of purple Comesperma erecinum poking out of the regenerating heath about 2 km from Pebbly Beach

Purple Thysanotus patersonii (Twining Fringe Lily).

A close up of Comesperma, with a few of the buds fully out.

Now to the supporting cast - not yellow or involving p.  Although I have just realised the first 3 are of Pebbly Beach!

This rock gets an award as Nargun Imitator.  It has been there for a while but recent storms have caused it to take a jump to the right: only appropriate for a spirit to do the Time Warp

Getting in to the bush it was obvious that the track hadn't been cleared recently.  That doesn't greatly fuss me: it is the bush, not Glebe Park.  I was more than somewhat pissed that I got caught up in the Kennedia vines and face-planted as a result,

Getting on to the beach about 3km in was a tad tricky as the track was a little overgrown but it isn't Glebe Park!

A view of the beach (rather like the usual English beach - covered with gravel)!

And a rocky gully at the end thereof.

Looking back towards Howe Peak and Gabo from the turn point.

The only butterfly of the day was this Variable Sword-grass Brown.

A couple of Xanthorrhoea spikes amongst all the expired ones from 2020.

The Callistemons would have been stunning when all in flower.  The foliage is still attractive,

There is one particularly damp gully.  Where there is damp there are frogs and where there are frogs ....