Wednesday Walk from Pine Island to Red Rocks – 27 August 2008 The walk is along the Murrumbidgee River corridor from the northern picnic area at Pine Island, north about 5km, where there is a large cliff called Red Rocks. The whole area was burnt in the 2003 bushfires and is now regenerating. There are many weeds close to the river and in some of the paddocks where grazing continues. Interesting were Bertya rosmarinifolia, Grevillea juniperina, Correa reflexa, Discaria pubescens and Hibbertia riparia. Cryptandra amara var. longiflora, Cryptandra propinqua, attenuatus, dealbata and A. rubida were all flowering. Most of the Casuarina cunninghamiana had the mistletoe Amyema cambagei, also in flower. At Red Rocks, in the rocks close to the river are some unusual plants - Acacia doratoxylon, eremicola and Caladrinia eremaea (a succulent). A highlight was seeing a White- bellied Sea-Eagle

Red Rocks and Murrumbidgee River Image by Martin Regeneration – Acacia rubida mainly Image by Bill Willis Butterfield

Clematis microphylla buds Image by Bill Willis Grevillea juniperina Image by Bill Willis

Bertya rosmarinifolia in bud Image by Amyema cambagei Image by Bill Willis Cryptandra propinqua Image by Bill Bill Willis Willis

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Plant List for the Walk from Pine Island to Red Rocks – 27 August 2008

F (frequent or dominant); I p/c (intermittent patches and clumps or co-dominant); I (intermittent or subdominant); O p/c (occasional patches and clumps, generally greater than 5% cover but not co- or sub-dominant); O (occasional plants, less than 5% cover); R p/c (rare patches and clumps, less than 3 clumps of a maximum of 10 plants per clump); R (rare, less than 3 plants recorded along the transect). ? indicates that those present were unsure of the name.

Acacia dealbata O Eucalyptus bridgesiana O Acacia doratoxylon R p/c Eucalyptus melliodora O Acacia rubida O Eucalyptus polyanthemos O Acrotriche serrulata O p/c Eucalyptus rossii O Amyema cambagei O Galium gaudichaudii R Aristida ramosa O Geranium sp O Arthropodium minus R p/c Gonocarpus tetragynus O Austrostipa densiflora R p/c Grevillea juniperina O Austrostipa scabra ssp. falcata O Gynatrix pulchella R p/c Bertya rosmarinifolia R p/c Hakea microcarpa R Bossiaea buxifolia R Hardenbergia violacea R Bulbine bulbosa R p/c Hibbertia obtusifolia O Bulbine glauca R p/c Hibbertia riparia R p/c Bursaria spinosa O Hovea heterophylla O Calandrinia eremaea R p/c Kunzea ericoides O Callistemon sieberi R p/c Kunzea parvifolia O p/c Callitris endlicheri O Leptorhynchos squamatus R p/c Calotis lappulacea R Leucopogon attenuatus O Carex appressa R p/c Lomandra filiformis ssp filiformis O Cassinia longifolia O Lomandra longifolia R p/c Cassinia quinquefaria O Melaleuca parvistaminea (planted?) R p/c Casuarina cunninghamiana O Melichrus urceolatus O Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia R p/c Panicum effusum O Chrysocephalum apiculatum O Phragmites australis R p/c Chrysocephalum semipapposum O p/c Pomaderris angustifolia R p/c Clematis microphylla R p/c Pultenaea procumbens R Correa reflexa R p/c Rubus parvifolius O Cryptandra amara var longiflora O Senecio quadridentatus O Cryptandra propinqua O p/c Stellaria pungens R mimosoides O p/c Themeda triandra O Derwentia perfoliata R p/c Tricoryne elatior R Dianella revoluta O Vittadinia muelleri O Dichopogon sp. R Wahlenbergia stricta R Discaria pubescens R Westringia eremicola R p/c Dodonaea viscosa ssp angustissima O Einadia nutans O

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Bird List for Walk from Pine Island North to Red Rocks Gorge - 27 August 2008

Australian Wood Duck Yellow-rumped Thornbill White-bellied Sea-Eagle Red Wattlebird Brown Falcon Yellow-faced Honeyeater Peregrine Falcon Brown-headed Honeyeater Galah Eastern Spinebill Crimson Rosella Grey Shrike-thrush Eastern Rosella Grey Fantail Red-rumped Parrot Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Laughing Kookaburra Australian Magpie White-throated Treecreeper Pied Currawong Superb Fairy-wren Australian Raven Striated Pardalote Red-browed Finch White-browed Scrubwren Welcome Swallow Weebill Silvereye Common Blackbird

Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region and using Rainer Rehwinkle’s Rapid Assessment Method for species occurrence