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Basic Bushland Photography – Lachlan started with information on the different cameras that might be suitable for bushland photography, and various accessories that help to improve our experience and results. He also discussed tripods and interchangeable lenses for more specialist photography. But don’t despair – we can all start with whatever camera we might have…

Waterfall Circuit Walk, Lawson – On 14th May Lesley Waite and Ian Cox went for a bushwalk at South Lawson with a small group of fern enthusiasts. The four waterfalls on the 2.5km circuit, Junction Falls, Cataract Falls, Federal Falls and Adelina Falls, were flowing as never before after all the rain, and looked awesome.

Account of an APS NSW four day visit to properties in Central West NSW – Wellington, Burrendong, Dubbo, Narromine and Parkes

Porters Road Fire Trail – There are not too many ridge walks in The Hills, as the ridges were originally cleared for farms and orchards in the 19th century, and then gradually subdivided for suburbs in the 20th century. However, there remains an excellent uncleared sandstone ridge at the end of Porters Road Kenthurst.

Australian plants on clay – Many Eastern Australian plants flourish in the sandstone soils close to our coasts in the sandy environment of the Great Dividing Range. Eremophila flourishes in the dry sandy soils of Western Australia but in New South Wales Eremophila often resists the humidity of our coastal environment but resists, even more,…

Plants for Gardens in the Shade – Angie learned about native plants when helping her husband Mark Ferrington run specialist nursery Sydney Wildflower Nursery West for nearly 20 years. She is a qualified horticulturalist, as well as an enthusiastic bushcarer. She now lives in inner-city Sydney, where her small back garden has only one sunny…

Mona Vale Road to Barrenjoey Lighthouse – We decided to go to the lighthouse for several reasons – the lighthouse and its history, the views, the vegetation, and the challenge of the walk. We weren’t disappointed – each of these objectives was more than fully satisfied.

Walk Cranstons Trail Middle Dural – The Cranstons Trail goes from the end of Cranstons Road Middle Dural to O’Hara’s Creek, a tributary of Cattai Creek. our members identified 61 species.

Relocation of Platycerium superbum – From March to June, 2021, we had 624 mm rainfall in our area, which was too much for the screw (in the stump). It dislodged and dumped the fern without damaging it. I estimate that at that time it weighed 40 to 50 kg and was 1.5 m wide and…

Propagation – trial and (not many) errors. Ricki’s propagating journey with native plants began in June last year whilst studying Horticulture at Wentworth Falls TAFE, when she could not get into the glasshouse as much as she wanted due to the rules around COVID-19.

Lasting effects of a bushfire – On Australia Day in 1975 an intense bushfire swept through parts of Castle Hill, Kenthurst and Glenorie. I know this because we had just bought our block of land at Castle Hill, and it got singed. Fortunately, we hadn’t started to build the house!

Flannel Flowers – Actinotus helianthi grows naturally in my bush, but these don’t have large or numerous flowers. In my garden there are two attractive introduced populations that are self-perpetuating – they flower, shed seed, germinate and flower again without any help from me. They flower best from about September to January, and live for…