September 2011

Well it has been just over 2 weeks since we got back from our holiday and we are back into the swing of normal life. We are back at Meals on Wheels with some new customers and a few missing, normal shopping, washing, ironing, etc.

We are also trying to keep up the walking and on the 15^th we did the “Balls Head and Berry Island” walk on the north shore of the harbour. This walk is along the edge of the harbour between Wollstonecraft and Waverton. The walk was approx 9 km and a lot is in ‘solid’ bush where it is difficult to imagine you are only a few kilometres from the centre of the city.

 

It took about 4 hours including a lunch stop but we did stop to smell the flowers (or photograph them anyway).

    

 There were also some very nice colours in the sandstone and some of the native creatures in the crevices.

Nice views across the harbour to the city and a busy day on the harbour.

 

Near the end of the walk we were able to walk back through a coal loader near HMAS Waterhen.

Then on the 22^nd we  did a walk in Bidjigal Reserve near Baulkham Hills. This was a 7.2 kilometre walk and took us about 3 ¾ hours but again we stopped for photos of flowers, trees, waterfalls and birds.

         

   

We were amazed how close we could get to the Cockatoo but it may be an escaped pet.

We stopped for a rest under this overhang

But it was only after we headed off again that we saw what was above the overhang.

 

The plants in our backyard continue to flower and one of the orchids from Les’ mums place has flowered more this year than ever before. Maybe the re-potting we did earlier this year was a good idea.