In Sydney’s Royal National Park, the Curra Moors Loop Walk is a 10km trek through heath and coastal sandstone cliffs. A rough and challenging walk normally, after the surreally heavy rains of Eastern Australia’s third consecutive La Nina, the muddiness made this walk quite a dance of fancy footwork! But we had heard that there would be a great display of wildflowers at this time. We were not disappointed.
Coral Heath (Epacris microphylla):
Drumsticks (Isopogon anethifolius):
A King Parrot and his mate posed obligingly for us:
Kunzea:
Native Iris (Patersonia occidentalis):
Dotted Sun Orchids (Thelymitra ixioides):
There were many, many New Holland Honeyeaters around… and they seemed to like the Gymea Lilies (Doryanthes excelsa):
Plenty of lizards:
The Parrot Pea (Fabaceae):
A White-browed Scrub Wren put on a display of singing for us:
In the fading light of afternoon, a Brown Thornbill:
There really was a plethora of gorgeous flowers on display:
But of all the wonderful wildflowers, the Waratahs (Telopea
speciosissima) were naturally the most spectacular:
Bramandagram 