Comerong Island orchid recce ride/walk : April 26 2026
After yesterday's pickleball introduction was keen on an easy day. Turned down the chance to use the car to go look for orchids while my wife went to visit a friend for crochet/knitting/Bad Sister session
Took the bike down to the river to walk across to Comerong Island - Coolangatta Mountain shot while the sun was still up high
This little birdie hung around long enough for me to get camera zoomed in
Takes 10 to 15 minutes to walk here from our side - road trip plus ferry would be at least 45 minutes. With fatbike tyres could cut that down in half.
A little mushroom action.
Walk is a recce walk for autumn greenhoods - first leaves shows the challenge the orchids have getting through the leaf litter. There are a lot of deciduous trees in the canopy
Was hoping to find one helmet orchid I flower - this is as close to a flower - too early to ID
A different gree hood rosette - shorter pedicel
The leaf litter shot
Itching to find a spike - new leaf forming in the middle
Next stage along - previous shot had 4th leaf forming. This one already has five
Still only budding helmet orchids
Budding acianthus orchid - leaf has left the ground suggesting plant has self-pollinated ahead of flower forming
Budding helmet orchid on the way back. Looks like it is going to be a good season with more clusters on both sides of the track
Guessing a nodding greenhood
Ghost mushrooms - two clusters and some focal angles
Twins in focus
Shot of the underside
Silver top
Also with an underside shot
Orb weaver spider - a bit different to others I have seen
View across where the Shoalhaven River would go into the sea if it went into the sea. Fatbike route would go down to the beach and along that as the grassy area in front is a shorebird nesting area - note the half moon
Looking north to Gerroa - note the kite surfer action
Short ride - big walk - not bad for tired legs
This moth woke my wife at 3am - I set it free from the spider web
Pizza for dinner with a cycling theme - Tadej Pogecar wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege for the 4th time
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Man I love joining you on these adventures in nature. The wide angle shots for the whole experience and the itemized close ups showing each sign of life. All with over 14 k steps!
Solid.
Thanks - every day out there I try to grab what I see. I have a good friend who is a bird watcher - he carries this 3 foot long lens and has a bad back. That little birdie just posed. Not a great shot but it captured the moment for me - a slice of yellow on the wing. No long lens needed. No bad back
That's the one thing I have difficulty with not having a proper zoom on my smart phone. Capturing birds! I see it now!
Big lens needs body building time. When we move down south full time, I will do the bird thing. We do live on one of the most important breeding grounds on the East Coast. Ride a bit - walk a bit - sit a lot - snap a lot
Photographers have told me the best camera is the one you have with you ;) When you are down south, that will be the one with the lens I have no doubt.
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I also choose a similar place for mind relaxation and going there makes me much happier and provides a much calmer environment.
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