Jervis Bay rock pool, family and orchid day : May 17 2026

A different day lining up. First stop drive down to Huskisson Beach to meet up with my son and his family. Parked up and walking across the park to where we last met. Hear footsteps behind. Apparently the minute Scarlett saw me shie took off to run after me. We jumped steps a bit and then went for a walk

Admired flowers along the way - banksia

Lifted her up at one of the beach lookouts. Can we walk the beach? We did. Photo from way back - mum and the two girls at water's edge

A bit of a geology lesson. The black rock is Wandrawandian siltstone going back 250 million years. The notable part is the remnants of other rocks embedded when sea levels rose 120 metres

A piece of quartz

Shells too - two types in shot. Amazing how well preserved they are

We studied snails - they eat the algae - just like the fish tank at home

Rock Pool study - Scarlett, Daddy and Daddyman studying snails eating algae

Clouds broke a bit to show the blue water of Jervis Bay. Was a great catch up. Daddyman took off to walk a track not walked

Had to walk a different trail as there was a hazard reduction burn on one I wanted to walk - walked a new track

Bonnet orchid leaves

Slender rice flower

NSW coral heath flower - epacris pulchella

A small clearing offered up parson's bands orchid - a lot in flower

Key to ID is the large leaf forming after flowering and hairy spike - eriochilus cucullatus

Double header

Mushroom action

Funky light effect on this double header

Banskia - good to see so many open.

A seeded orchid - not seen these before - the droop of the pedicel has me wondering on ID

Matching rosette is a cluster of leaves more than most greenhoods.

Hibbertia

Snake orchid - cymbidium suave - seed pd showing. For some reason they prosper on these low cut tree trunks

Wondering how they get there. Seeds from plants higher up. Bird poo?

Found a fee more parson's bands orchids. One more shot - good to find them in half a dozen spots on both sides of the track

Sundew flower in pink

Cryptostylis subulata leaves - green underside

Cannot help but share another double header

Lambertia formosa - a bit late flowering

Track mushroom - quite large

Mostly the parson's bands were growing in the grassy bits. This cluster in the blue metal edge of the made up fire trail

Goodenia - a few open

Avid orchid spotting shot- a single leaf and not grass - mum friend suggested the other day these may be sun orchids. Seems a bit early

Orchid structure shot - single leaf and the sheath emerging that the flower spike will grow from

Mini pom-pom banksia

A surprising flash of pink. A boronia I have not seen

Seeded midge orchid

A different epacris - one flower in focus

Interesting mushroom form as it opens out

View from the underside for my mushrooms friends

Did some shopping on the way home. A good day out - rock pools with my family and new orchid tracks

Cooked pizza for dinner. Posed photo for Giro D'Italia
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