Wednesday Walk from Kambah Pool to Red Rocks Gorge – 27 June 2012
The walk began from the top car park at Kambah Pool. It follows the cliffs above the Murrumbidgee River with one descent to near the river. . Unfortunately there are far more weeds on this walk than on the walk to the north. We ticked off nearly all of our list of previous post-fire species and made many additions including Allocasuarina verticillata, Astroloma humifusum, Cassinia longifolia and a few grasses including Sorghum leiocladum and Poa induta. There were very few flowers - some Grevillea juniperina and Veronica perfoliata - but some very good regeneration - particularly all the young Callitris endlicheri. At Red Rocks Gorge some descended the steep slope to the river and found Westringia eremicola, Calytrix tetragona, Leucopogon attenuatus, Callistemon sieberi, lots of Acacia doratoxylon and a few new water plants.
View of Murrumbidgee Acacia doratoxylon Image by Buds of Acacia doratoxylon Grove of Pomaderris betulina River from the track lookout Roger Farrow Image by Roger Farrow Image by Roger Farrow Image by Martin Butterfield
Grevillea juniperina Image by Roger Leucopogon attenuatus Image by Roger Brachyloma daphnoides buds Image by Farrow Farrow Martin Butterfield
Callitris endlicheri Image by Roger Fruit of Callitris endlicheri Image by Red Rocks Gorge Image by Martin Farrow Martin Butterfield Butterfield
Eucalyptus dives buds Image by Martin Allocasuarina verticillata open fruit Veronica perfoliata Image by Roger Butterfield Image by Martin Butterfield Farrow
Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region Plant List for Walk from Kambah Pool to Red Rocks Gorge Post-fire – 6 April 2005, 18 May 2005 & 27 June 2012
Acacia dealbata Einadia nutans Acacia doratoxylon Eleocharis sp. Acacia rubida Elymus scaber Acaena ovina Enneapogon nigricans Acrotriche serrulata Eucalyptus blakelyi Allocasuarina verticillata Eucalyptus bridgesiana Alternanthera denticulata Eucalyptus dives Aristida ramosa Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Arthropodium minus Eucalyptus mannifera Asperula conferta Eucalyptus melliodora Astroloma humifusum Eucalyptus rossii Austrodanthonia laevis Geranium sp. Austrostipa densiflora Greenhood rosettes Austrostipa scabra ssp. falcata Glycine clandestina Bossiaea buxifolia Gonocarpus tetragynus Bothriochloa macra Grevillea juniperina Brachychiton populneus Haloragis heterophylla Brachyloma daphnoides Hardenbergia violacea Bulbine glauca Hibbertia riparia Bursaria spinosa Hibbertia obtusifolia Calandrinia eremaea Hydrocotyle laxiflora Callistemon sieberi Hypericum gramineum Callitris endlicheri Kunzea ericoides Calytrix tetragona Kunzea parvifolia Carex appressa Lepidosperma laterale Carex inversa Leptorhynchos squamatus Cassinia aculeata Lespedeza juncea ? Cassinia arcuata Leucopogon attenuatus Cassinia longifolia Lomandra filiformis ssp. coriacea Cassinia quinquefaria Lomandra filiformis ssp. filiformis Cassytha sp. Lomandra longifolia Casuarina cunninghamiana Lomandra multiflora Cheilanthes sp Luzula densiflora Chloris truncata Melichrus urceolatus Chrysocephalum apiculatum Microlaena stipoides Chrysocephalum semipapposum Myriophyllum sp. Clematis microphylla Nymphoides geminata Correa reflexa Panicum effusum Crassula sieberiana Pellaea ? falcata Cryptandra amara var. longiflora Pelargonium australe Cullen microcephalum Persicaria prostrata Cymbonotus lawsonianus Pimelia curviflora Cynoglossum sp. Poa induta Damasonium minus Pomaderris angustifolia Daviesia mimosoides Pomaderris betulina Dianella longifolia Pultenaea procumbens Dianella revoluta Rubus parvifolius Dichondra repens Schoenus apogon Digitaria sp Senecio hispidulus Dodonaea viscosa ssp. angustissima Senecio quadridentatus Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region Sorghum leiocladum Stackhousia monogyna Stellaria pungens Thelymitra sp Themeda triandra Tricoryne elatior Veronica perfoliata Vittadinia cuneata Vittadinia muelleri Wahlenbergia stricta Westringia eremicola Xerochrysum viscosum
Bird List Little Pied Cormorant Wedge-tailed Eagle Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Galah Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Crimson Rosella White-throated Treecreeper Superb Fairy-wren White-browed Scrubwren Buff-rumped Thornbill Spotted Pardalote Striated Pardalote Eastern Spinebill White-eared Honeyeater Varied Sittella Grey Shrike-thrush Grey Butcherbird Australian Magpie Grey Fantail Australian Raven
Prepared by the Wednesday Walkers of the Australian Native Plants Society, Canberra Region