More flowers than you could poke a stick at...
That was one highlight of the walk, the other was the weather which threatened to be wet and stormy (and later in the afternoon it was) but it stayed overcast but dry and warm for our walks. Multiple walks. Some started at the top and did a one way down, others went uphill one way (there were some key exchanges happening mid way) and others went uphill or downhill to the steps and returned to their own starting point. Amazingly we made it to lunch though some were on foot all the way there.
This group started from the upper section of the track
An artistic bit of tree
We made our way through bush and ferns, with several tall trees providing a canopy.
Leading from behind
Who has been scurrying through here? Numerous tunnels through the vegetation. Pademelons?
An interesting bit of tree trunk
Here is the "one way downhill" team
View through a tree
Moss...and plenty of it
Some flora.
Thanks to Tas we have names for lots of them, more will be added so look for updates or check next week
Blue love creeper (Comesperma volubile)
Close up
White Flag Iris/Butterfly Iris (Diplarrena moraea
Round leaf rice flower/Cotton bush (Pimelea nivea)
Prickly Moses (Acacia verticillata)
Southern Guineaflower (Hibbertia appressa)
Some orchids...
Musky caladenia (Caledenia gracilis)
and some bird orchids (Chiloglottis triceratops)
Climbing Sundew (Drosera macrantha) zoom in to see the sticky green and pink rosettes. It was also displaying a mauve flower and several flower buds.
Common Heath (Epacris impressa)
Meanwhile...at the lower end of the track...off they go down the steps which proved to be quite manageable after all.
Crossing Perrins Road
Lunch at Brookfields. It opened for lunches a couple of weeks ago, after floods swept all the interior down river in the storms in May.
