Wake to a cold grey day. Thought for the day was to load bike in the car when my wife and her friend went out and then cycle back to search for summer orchids. Too cold for riding or for sun orchids.
Decided to go for the tourist drive and ride later. A few photos from Kangaroo Valley - old truck in pub livery
Signage was not enough to draw us in for lunch. We went to a cafe across the road. They had great prices and good quality
Fab display of the kangaroo paw and the outline cutout of a wallaby
Fudge shop. As we had not had lunch we skipped that
Walk up the main drag after lunch - late 1800s public school
Gates to the church yard. Sign says The Kings Jubilee Memorial of Peace 1935. A tribute to the first rector in Kangaroo Valley
The church attached
A few irises flowering in the edges of the churchyard - the standard white
And in yellow
Lyrebird art work on the general store
Roadworks up Cambewarra Mountain gave a chance for a photo up the valley at the traffic signal
Shopped in Nowra and then went for bike ride to circumnavigate the village and get in a walk
Dyanella to start the photo journey in the bush
Next photo is part of the reason I keep going back to walk the tracks every time I can. The next wave of orchids - hyacinth orchids - should be flowering next visit in a week
Close up of the bud - spike is green and there are dots - clues
Some contrast photos - palms emerging from the cleared fire trail
On the edge of the trail - not been chopped for maybe two or three seasons
Well off track, these are going to fruit and seed
Close up
Doubling back another hyacinth orchid - this one is tiny
Two spikes a little further on. The structure of leaves below is similar to the last one. But the colours of the spike are quite different
Close up - going to think these are two different types of hyacinth orchid. Next visit will tell
Did find one Australian native violet open
Rode all the roads on the edges of the village to get home. View down the Shoalhaven River to where the mouth would be if it was open to the sea.
Looking up river
Ride map shows the route taking every road close to the edge of the village - nice 8.4 km ride and only one little bump…
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08/10/2024
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