This, for us, in an annual walk. We choose this time of the year because it is the season for waratahs. However, in that respect, it was slightly disappointing.
The walk is, for the most part, easy going - just a few parts on the fire trail are stony and require a little care. However, the flowers and the views are lovely and more than compensate for that.
In the early part of the walk , and again towards the end, we saw some waratahs ( telopea speciosissima) - our state floral emblem - they were there in all their glory - just small in number. The Aboriginal legend which describes the “first” waratah is really moving - the love story of a beautiful maiden named Crooby.
The other flowers we saw were brilliant in colour and prolific.
They included Grevillea speciosa ( Burnam Burnam - our source of information - “WILDthings Around Sydney” ) tells us that they are widespread in the Hornsby plateau and Ku-ring-gai National Park) - this also applies to the Eriostemon australasius ( wax flower) and several species of boronia ( we saw lots of native roses - boronia serrulata).
We were lucky to have some of our bird watchers with us - they were able to identify the Eastern Spinebill; Fan-tailed Cuckoo; Superb Fairy Wren; Pied Currawong; Australian Magpie; House Sparrow - thank you for your knowledge - it is much appreciated.
Our morning tea spot saw us looking down towards Apple Tree Bay and then at lunch time, Looking Glass Bay ( shown in Di’s photo) - which is part of Cowan Creek which leads, eventually, to the coast at Palm Beach.
This is a very pleasant walk and will no doubt continue to be on our programme.
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