Friday 18th August 2023

 Friday 18^th August

SHE SAID:

Geoff & I checked out the Baker's Junction burn; there wasn’t much to see, a few Pink Bunnies & a single Zebra Orchid, but the find of the day was budding Southern Curly Locks; we counted over 130 plants.

I had a solo walk around the Frenchman’s Bay peninsular after lunch & found Donkeys & Snails flowering. I was saddened to see the King Spider I’d see in previous years had been munched off. I was even more upset to find something has leaked in the car & sodden my orchid book that once belonged to my friend Tony Woods, & was given to me after he died. I tried to carefully peel the pages apart, but the damage is huge.

Across to the old whaling station
Art works depicting the whaling done around Albany

New Holland Honeyeater
Scarlet Banksia
Redcoat

HE SAID:

The orchids were scarce at first today. Then we hit a change of habitat and Varena was very excited.  I think this is by far the most Curly Locks plants Varena has seen in the one area, and that was without going more than a few metres of the track, so there must be plenty more. I expect she'll go there again on a better day, when they are warm enough to be open.

We had a mild Harissa chicken curry and couscous for dinner. It was a tasty change.