When sand extraction ends, a worked site can look biologically empty: pale hollows, steep faces, compacted tracks and scattered pools where machinery once…
Cassytha pubescens is one of those easily overlooked plants that bushwalkers tend to walk straight past, even when it is growing in plain sight. This slender…
Few trees on the Tomaree Peninsula turn as many heads in spring as the silky oak. Grevillea robusta stands tall above coastal scrub near Nelson Bay, throwing…
On the Tomaree Peninsula, the texture of a tree’s trunk can reveal as much about its ecology as the shape of its leaves. Eucalyptus oblonga, commonly known as…
Ground orchids are easy to overlook in Australian bushland. Many spend much of the year as small leaves, underground tubers or dormant roots, then appear…
Lissanthe strigosa, commonly known as the Native Cranberry or Peach Heath, is a small shrub found across the sandstone heathlands and dry sclerophyll forests…
Westringia fruticosa is one of the most recognisable shrubs of eastern Australia’s coastal landscape. Often called coastal rosemary, it has narrow grey-green…
Walking the bush tracks between Nelson Bay and Fingal Bay in late winter, you begin to notice that the wattles dominate the colour palette long before anything…
Foresters and naturalists walking the ridges above Shoal Bay or the slopes of Tomaree Head frequently pause at the sight of a toppled Blackbutt. The trunk,…
Autumn on the Tomaree Peninsula arrives with a slow, dry shift in the light. By the time the Easter long weekend passes and the school holidays wind down, the…