Mayfly orchids in Lane Cove NP and a Mark Carrington get together : September 1 2025

A blue sky day - have an evening engagement - was going to ride the bike down the hill to ride a slice of Lane Cove NP. Got lazy and took the car

Turned out to be a good thing. The road I would normally cycle down is closed. Will have to visit the other side another day. Walked a slice of Great North Walk

Not my favourite walk as bush us somewhat bereft of colour and green - pea flower time

Patersonia iris

Cryptostylis orchid leaves lining up

Lane Cove River still brown after last week's week of rain

Maybe a festival of white - hakea flower

NSW coral heath flower - like a mini trumpet

Snow wreath heath flower

Close up - fluffy and white

Sundew flower - drosera - side on

Front on. Half the size of a US penny

2nd set of mayfly orchids found today. First photos were all blurred. Notable is the tuber like roots showing

One flower showing is on the way out - acianthus caudatus. It is why I always like to find two flowers in case one is out of focus. Did see some chiloglottis orchids showing tubers - also out of focus

Context photos - acianthus orchids growing on a mossy rock

Pea flower

A stunning flash of orange

Not my favourite walk but it is a quiet walk in the rainforest - a fair bit of bird life. Do have to listen to the aircraft flying into Sydney airport up high.

Headed into the city to meet my namesake Mark Carrington. Been friends on Faceobook a while. I wanted to meet as he looks a lot like my brother

Had to meet up to explore the connections

We dug around the background - Yorkshire vs Lincolnshire - one county apart. The weird coincidences kept running. His wife is Leslie - my first was Lesley. We lived in same residence at University of Cape Town. His 2nd name is Anthony - my brother too - named after uncle on my mother's side. He served in SADF after I did but spent some time in the same small base in the Caprivi Strip in what is now Namibia - a tiny village on the Kavango River. Will dig out the family tree from my cousin.

We had a fab night sharing stories with people who are (not) strangers. Was a late night doing Actifit - time zone change needed to make cutoff

Did more work on LaunchJack Dominator launch. All running now - bonus pages on https://mclnks.com/launchjackbonus

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