Berowra Valley orchid train, ride, walk : August 28 2025

A blue sky day - had to push a reluctant body to execute a days old plan. Catch a train and ride the bike to walk a trail looking for sun orchids. It is sunny but very windy

Had to pump up tyres - not ridden this bike in a while - weeks and weeks. Ride is about 3 kms from Berowra Station. A flash of spring colours - Sydney boronia and pea flowers framed by a scribbly gum

Did find sun orchids budding on a side track - not open

Walked a bit further along the main trail beyond where I normally turn off. I knew I would find sun orchids - this one had heaps of buds but none open

A mix of spring - grey spider grevillea and a backdrop of yellow pea flowers

Yellow as in these pea flowers

A splash of white of the fringe myrtle - star flower

Mega sized pea flower - tookna while to get a focused photo

The extended side walk did produce a sun orchid - not one open today

A little less windy this side in the bigger trees. A few branches did fall around my ears. Fab display in pink of Sydney boronia

Longer walk this way paid off - the first flowering orchid for the day - small waxlip orchid - one of a few plants. No known as caladenia glossodia

Keeping with the purple theme - purple pea flower close to the ground

Took another side track heading down to the water. There were flying duck orchids last year. These side trips happen for a reason - the first waratah flower of the season. Not yet fully developed. That helps as the fully developed ones tend to be well above head height

Found a less windy spot to get a good photo of a red spider grevillea. The red is intense

Starburst flower - my name

A few upside flowers - my name - showing. Turned this one close to the ground up to get a photo. Worked well as normally these shots are taken against the light into the sun

A few hibbertia showing - maybe the hardest largish flower to photograph. Yellow grabs the light

Budding form of the hibbertia - less yellow

Snow wreath flower - tiny - a little bigger than the head of one of those plastic pins your mum had

Walk does have some fab trees - view of the blanched sides across to Cowan side of the creek

Early showing for narrow-leafed hemigenia - also small

Context photo - more threads of Great North Walk - done a few slices this week

Did find another waxlip orchid - this one on track edge in the bush was half the size of the others but is fully formed

Back to the main trail. View northwards across the Hawkesbury River toward Arcadia

Dampiera purpurea

Railway bridge at Berowra Station

Do love the $2.50 train deal as a retiree. Travel anywhere for justb$2.50. Take the bike free and explore more widely

Ride record looks like 39 kms - trust was 16 minutes moving and 6 kms cycled. Good news is I got on the bike in Sydney town

Dinner: Did cook chicken curry for something to do. In a depressed state of mind. Cycle and walk and cook out of that
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