Today we arrived at the place where we planned to pitch our tent, Hawks Nest just at the south end of Myall Lakes National Park. On the way we spent a bit of time in Brisbane Water National Park, which of course is nowhere near Brisbane but instead just out of Sydney.
But first we had to get out of Sydney, and here it seems to me that the road engineers there might want to look into the concept of a city highway that moves travelers through the area with a minimum amount of fuss. Think a straight road with a turn-off every few kilometers instead of a winding nightmare leading right past houses and shops and interrupted by traffic lights every few meters.
Ah well, think of the flowers.
The first decent stop out of Sydney was at Moonie Moonie Creek, which I think actually deserves a promotion to "river" here.
And our last longer stop was at Girrakool, a resting area with several great walks. This photo above shows a place where one can get down to the pools and creeks, but there are also lookouts across the valley and longer loop walks.
Now for the plants. Myoporum acuminatum (Scrophulariaceae maybe? It changes), a shrub at the edge of a swamp near Moonie Moonie Creek.
There were lots of interesting plants on the shallower soils at Girrakool. Here what I take to be Kunzea capitata (Myrtaceae). It is not the plant's fault that it reminds me of Otto Kuntze, but unfortunately it does.
Right next to it we saw Grevillea speciosa (Proteaceae). There are of course lots of Proteaceae here, but there are few where I am as sure about the identification as with these characteristic leaves.
Finally, Mirbelia rubiifolia (Fabaceae), a very cute little pea-flowered legume.
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