
a rare Grevillea
Grevillea parvula
Restricted to our region and nearby Victoria (ie south of Eden, along the Towamba, Wallagaraugh & Genoa rivers). In Victoria this is listed as an endangered species.

a second uncommon Grevillea
Grevillea neurophylla
Another exciting find. This is listed as endangered, at least in Victoria. And in NSW it is confined to this tiny corner of the state, where it is certainly not common.

Common Beard-Heath
Leucopogon virgatus

Daviesia
Daviesia buxifolia (Box-leaf Bitter-Pea)
In NSW, this plant is only found south of Tuross River. It grows on acidic soils. There are remarkably few records in iNaturalist … 18 in total, and half are in the Imlay-Nadgee-Yambulla locale. The others are around the Avon wilderness of Victoria.

Pultenaea
Pultenaea mollis
This species is not often recorded in our region. Yet another special sighting on a rather special day.

Pultenaea
Pultenaea mollis

Platylobium
Platylobium parviflorum

Platylobium
Platylobium parviflorum

Platylobium
Platylobium parviflorum

Dillwynia
Dillwynia rudis

Gippsland Water Dragon
Intellagama lesuerii ssp. howittii

Gippsland Water Dragon
Intellagama lesuerii ssp. howittii

Yellow-bellied Water Skink
Eulamprus heatwolei
A common skink, but only named as a distinct species in 1984 … after a rather infamous (and questionable) taxonomic review! (makes interesting reading - click here for Wikipedia)

Common Flatwing
Austroargiolestes icteromelas ssp. icteromelas
One of the more common damselflies in our local forests during spring.

Common Flatwing
Austroargiolestes icteromelas ssp. icteromelas

Metallic Ringtail
Austrolestes cingulatus
A much rarer sighting. This damselfly tends to be found among waterside vegetation, but almost never near the coast.

Metallic Ringtail
Austrolestes cingulatus
We have seen this species in our region once before … at this same location, back in Dec 2018.

Metallic Ringtail
Austrolestes cingulatus
Just one more shot … damselflies and dragonflies are addictive for photographers.

Merimbula Star-hair
Astrotricha sp. Wallagaraugh
Listed as endangered in NSW, and known from only 3 locations … Merimbula, Tura Beach … and the Wallagaraugh

Merimbula Star-hair
Astrotricha sp. Wallagaraugh
These appear to be buds rather than fruit. The reported flowering time is Oct-Dec, so that would make sense.

Pomaderris buds
Pomaderris … not enough detail to identify it to species. We should have taken more notice of the leaves.

Pomaderris flowers
Pomaderris … not enough detail to identify it to species.

Velvet Bush
Lasiopetalum macrophyllum

Hover Fly
Melangyna viridiceps … the most common local species.

crab spider in ambush mode
male Australomisidia pilula on Fringed Everlasting daisy (Chrysocephalum baxteri)

Crab spider
Australomisidia pilula is a common species locally

Fringed Everlasting
Chrysocephalum baxteri … perhaps drooping due to maturity, and the weight of developing seeds. Like sunflowers.

A tiny Lynx spider ... on a glorious grevillea
Like crab spiders (family Thomisidae), Lynx spiders (family Oxypodidae) are ambush hunters. This one, just the size of an ant, was clearly waiting for unwary (but small) insect visitors to the flowers.

Dampiera ... with spider's web
Dampiera stricta

Large Flying Duck Orchid
Caleana major … one of several growing roadside

unopened sun orchid
Thelymitra sp.

Large Flying Duck Orchid
Caleana major

Checkered Beetle
Eleale aspera (family: Cleridae) … grabbing a feed of pollen while on the lookout for a mate. These beetles rarely gather in large numbers, but when they do it is around flowers such as this. We saw just this one.

Triggerplant
Stylidium sp. The first flower to open on this plant, and the first we have seen this spring.

Large Flying Duck Orchid
Caleana major

Wedding Bush
Ricinocarpos pinifolius

tiny flies
perhaps an unfamiliar hover fly, but not sure … yet

Triggerplant
Stylidium sp.

Wedding Bush
Ricinocarpos pinifolius

Paint Brush
Conospermum taxifolium … family Proteaceae, somewhat surprisingly. We associate Conospermum (‘smokebushes’) with WA, but this species is an east-coast endemic.

Raspwort
Gonocarpus teucrioides

Leionema
Leionema diosmeum … (family: Rutaceae). Another species we’ve not noticed around here before. It has been recorded nearby (Narrabarba) and further north around Barren Grounds – but it’s clearly not common.

Leionema
Leionema diosmeum

Heath Teatree
Leptospermum myrsinoides … with beetle











































