BEROWRA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

0228 Regrowth after the bush-fires.

This large park occupies the beautiful bushland valley between the suburbs of Hornsby Heights, Thornleigh, Galston, Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook, reaching up to the quiet waters of Berowra Creek. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 8 November 2020

0229 Growth after the fires

Covering a 25km stretch of the Great North walk, the park offers more than 70km of walking tracks and fire trails. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 8 November 2020

0230 Growth after the fires

Part of the park originally formed as a the Elouera Bushland Natural Park which was reserved in 1964 and consisted of 640 hectares (1,600 acres). Additional lands were acquired and the park was gazetted as Reserve No. 100092 for public recreation and the study and preservation of native flora and fauna in 1987. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 8 November 2020

0231 Hakea Lorina nut seed pod

The Berowra Valley National Park is a protected national park that is located in northern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 8 November 2020

0232 Lonicera japonica/Honey Suckle

Lonicera japonica is known as Japanese honeysuckle and golden-and-silver honeysuckle. It is a species of honeysuckle native to eastern Asia. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 8 November 2020

0233 After the bush-fires.

In the local indigenous language the word Berowra means a "place of many winds" IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 8 November 2020

0234 After the Fires

The forests along the track are simply majestic, as are some of the views, while many of the creek crossings are picture perfect. And plenty of birdlife to experience, especially white cockatoos. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 8 November 2020

0235 Adiantum aethiopicum / Maiden Hair Fern

Adiantum aethiopicum or the Maidenhair Fern is one of the prettiest and most delicate ferns, with slender black stems with a mass of delicately rounded pale green leaflets about 8mm diameter. Its origins are in Asia, Africa and Australasia. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 8 November 2020

0236 Adiantum aethiopicum Maiden Hair Fern

The Maiden Hair Ferns grow well indoors anywhere, providing they are kept moist with a fine leaf spray every few days, bathrooms make an ideal location due to the humidity. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 8 November 2020

0237 Goodia lotifolia /Golden Tip

Goodia lotifolia, commonly known as golden tip or clover tree, is a shrub species in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 10 September 2022

0238 Hibertia linearis

Hibbertia linearis is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with linear to oblong or egg-shaped leaves and yellow flowers with 15 to 25 stamens arranged around the three carpels. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 10 September 2022

0239 Thelymitra ixioides /Dotted Sun Orchid.

Thelymitra ixioides, known as the spotted sun orchid or dotted sun orchid, is a species of orchid that is native to southern and eastern Australia and to New Zealand. It has a single long, thin, dark green leaf and up to ten flowers which occur in a range of colours, most commonly blue to purple but usually with small, dark blue spots. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 10 Sept 2022

0240 Thelymitra ixioides /Dotted Sun Orchid

Thelymitra ixioides was first formally described in 1805 by the Swedish botanist, Olof Swartz and the description was published in Neues Journal für die Botanik. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 10 September 2022

0241 Tetratheca glandulosa

Tetratheca glandulosa has a restricted natural occurrence in NSW, occurring over Greater Sydney, from Mangrove Mountain, south through Sydney and the eastern Blue Mountains – not usually found south of the CBD. Most occurrences are in north and north-west Sydney. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 10 September 2022

0242 Isopogon petiolaris

Isopogon is a genus of around 35 species, all occurring only in Australia. Open forest and heath of north-eastern New South Wales, just extending into south-east Queensland. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 10 September 2022

0243 Conospermum longifolium /Long Leafed Smoke Bush

Conospermum longifolium, commonly known as the long leaf smokebush, is a shrub of the family Proteaceae native to eastern Australia. Found between Ulladulla, Newcastle, New South Wales and the adjacent ranges. The habitat is drier eucalyptus woodlands or heathland IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 10 September 2022

0244 Grevillia Sericea. Silky Grevillia. 10.09.2022 Berowra Valley NP

Beautiful native grevillea with delicate spidery flowers, always pink but variable as to the exact shade, and slender leaves which are pale underneath. Native bees absolutely adore it. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 10.09.2022

0245 Tree in distress.

A tree in pain. IMAGE BY: Hazel Hogarth TAKEN: 10.09.2022