Lyrebird Gully walk for one orchid : April 7 2026

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Read a post from a friend about her orchid walk in Lyrebird Gully. It is a short walk from Mt Ku-ring Gai station. Have walked it a few times - steep and hot and home to a few chiloglottis orchids

Always a Sydney boronia flowering at the top

Good track for banksia flowers too. Just as well as I find the top part of the track that abuts the houses to be overrun with garden escapees

Not sure about the colour difference - maybe the same

A different form of banksia

Pea flower

Side on in full flight

Now for full flight photos approaching the NSW coral heath flower - flower in focus

Getting closer

Focus changes - note the flashes of green on the wings

Cryptostylis orchid leaves

Some mushroom action - less than I expected

Also in white

Cross the creek into the known chiloglottis orchid zone - a few leaves

Out of focus photo shows the opposed leaves below

One flower - not totally consistent with normal patterns but would say chiloglottis seminuda

Mushroom time - did walk a bit further than previous walks. Track goes into sheoak zone - orchids do not like the acid

Turnaround point - in the rainforest. Disappointing to not find greenhood rosettes

Acianthus orchid leaves - no buds. My friend found one open. Maybe next time I will do a whole segment of the Great North Walk between stations

Did find a greenhood rosette - maybe concinna

Orange form

Pine-leafed geebung

A few location shots - it is a big gully with some grand trees

Steep walk on a warm day

Epacris pulchella

Not quite at the top but I did climb most of Mt Ku-ring Gai - does help starting from the top

Dinner: Italian meatballs - sorry - no photos
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07/04/2026
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Daily Activity, House Chores, Photowalking
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90 kg
Body Fat
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