Train ride to walk Brooklyn Dam Trail - poor orchid day : February 26 2025

A bit of struggle street going on. So far away from getting results from the things I am doing. So far from doing what I want to do. Passing time keeping active is all that works.

Dreamed up a different day - catch the train to Brooklyn on the Hawkesbury River and do an orchid walk. Have lunch at the pub and come home. Got a step ahead - packed lunch

Did what nobody does on a train these days - read my book.

Apposite words

One train change to get onto Newcastle train - two stops and off walking

Walked part of this trail before - more today

Starts with a huge steep hill

Orchid budding on a side trail - same place I found them last time a year ago

Pink grevillea

Purple fan flower

Yellow pea flowers aplenty

Track levels out after the steep bit - was hoping to find midge orchids in the grassy bits - none on the way up

Hibbertia flower

Dampiera purpurea

Milkwort flower

NSW coral heath flower

Evidence of summer orchids

Purple fringe lilies - a few still open

Track is part of Great North Walk. Have been toying with walking this in stages - this segment is just hard work - not a lot of orchids and sweaty hot

Banksia serratum flowering - a few stages photos

Pine-leafed geebung

Always like to get a track photo

Another cluster of bonnet orchids on the way down - a few seeded in frame too

Next best of the orchids - seeded fringed midge orchid, I think. A big walk to find one plant - was expecting more

Lambertia formosa

Back to the steep hill - view down to Hawkesbury River

Outlook views across the river

And up the river to Dangar Island

Happy to find my bag - left it on roadside. Last time I did that, bag was gone when I got back

Brooklyn motel

Chose to skip the pub and get the train due in a few minutes. Photo shows high viz vests at the pub - did not want to listen to drilling and sanding while I ate lunch

Station view with pub behind. Changed into a dry shirt before getting on the train. High humidity days wipe me out I think. Sure glad circumstances decided we were not going to live in Thailand - too humid. Getting worse as I get older

Got the steps in. Lots of flower photos. Nice quiet track apart from periodic train noises. Not enough orchid interest - will only ever walk the lower section again. Unless I do the Great North Walk. This section is 10 kms and easy access to train on both ends

Dinner: Macaroni cheese - quick and easy comfort food. Make a bechemel sauce with every left over cheese, cream cheese, cream.

Cook the pasta and then layer in the bechemel and top with some grated cheese and smoked paprika

Bake for 30 minutes with a topping of sliced tomato

Night was a late night - finished off the weekly investing post

Read it here https://mclnks.com/tib748

Got to say writing these investing posts is becoming hard work. Each one takes a day. Yes I get to journal the good and bad to learn from. Too bad that of all the people on Hive nobody is doing anything similar. My investing coach always says to stop doing what is not working and keep on doing what is working - the time is coming - made $0.05 for a day's work.

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