Big rain overnight. Wake to a cloudy cooler day with full cloud. Made a big difference to hot and humid. Did get the recumbent bike set up - photo shared yesterday. Did try to ride - one fall had me keen to get out on the upright bike

Rode to the track in the middle of Seven Mile Beach NP - walked down to beach in pursuit of autumn orchids - nodding greenhoods

It is mushroom season

First acianthus orchid leaves of the season

Australian native violet

The matching leaves

Wrinkly mushrooms

Not sure what this grows into - the lobelia were nearby

Like this close

Aftermath of the big storm the day before. Impressed that the track had been reopened

Acianthus orchid leaf a size bigger

Next cluster of greenhood leaves - more in each cluster than last season

Undescribed species - seem to see them each visit

Twining glycine

Been a challenge to get these in focus - got this one at last

Fire ant protecting its turf

More greenhoods

Surprised to find these budding - dipodium variegatum. Everywhere else are finished

Larger scale mushroom

Budding acianthus orchid - first for the season

Two makes a party

Wandering jew flower twins

A cluster of mushrooms - maybe time to learn about them - plenty as summer flows into autumn

Close up

Walked to the beach - looking north to Gerroa

A cluster of different mushrooms on the way back

Found a few new clusters of greenhood orchids on the way back - detail searching pays. Going to be a great season

Close up - third leaf unfolding - some time to budding - one more lead at least to go

Detail searching unearths other stuff - weevil - looks like a rhinoceros

New cluster at the foot of a big tree

Checked the side track. The few greenhood clusters have many more plants than last season

Good to out riding. Two orchids found budding - one for season past and one for season new. And it did not rain

Evening plan was to cook bbq at a friend’s house. My had sourced and prepared a few vege dishes. All I had to do was cook on their BBQ. Came out better than the last few - focus on timing and great ingredients is the lesson

Was a nice evening sitting outside - my favourite place

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