Balls Head Reserve and Sydney Harbour views : September 3 2024

Wake to a scratchy throat - maybe a reaction to the big wind yesterday driving spring pollen around. Was going to train and ride to look for orchids. My wife was going to meet a friend of ours for coffee in the city. Decided to join them and stop in Balls Head Reserve to check on an orchid seen a few years back on the way back

Climbed out at Waverton Station. Photo up the line as train disappears under the old station building

Photo of one of the old houses looking down to Lavender Bay - not the roof caps - quite a few ornamental ones here

View over the old coal loader toward the oil depot. When we first were looking for houses in Sydney one was against top fence of the terminal. The principal at the local school was not accommodating so we went elsewhere. Just as well. Was happier on the beaches

Contrasting houses - a modern ship design

View across the harbour to the city

Location shot

Was pretty sure I knew where the orchid was - on a tree like this. Walked well past the spot and then dug out my instructions sent to a friend. Retraced the steps

This cross branch was in the instructions Was in the right place but no orchids

Walked all the tracks to see what else there was - pea flower

Grevillea in pink

Access to the cliff edges had been restricted - got to make photos in tippy toes

Similar for angles of new buildings on Barangaroo. Crown Casino is the tall one

Mushroom time

One spot does have city views - across to Harbour Bridge and Opera House

View to city including Sky Tower

View up the river

Wax flowers in white

View across to the coloured warehouse buildings in Balmain now an arts centre

One last view of the bridge

Found this lizard on a side trail - stood and posed

Bottle brush along the way back

A change of light makes a quite different picture

View back to the office blocks in North Sydney

View of Waverton Station from the front - the railway line goes under the road

2nd lizard of the day at home

Dinner: Chicken curry.

Cold is building - going to be a bad night

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