From the Tanglewood into the Wallum

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Walking from the Tanglewood Track
into the Wallum Country...

My walking friend and I
are spending more time
exploring the lesser walked tracks
in the Noosa National Park

Today we have found a native hibiscus
Can you see the densely hairy fruit?

I am going to call this vine
I noticed on the coastal dune
the Woolly Glycine
which flowers all year round

The tiny white flowering coastal shrub
with mauve berries
is a Myoporum,
called the Coastal Boobialla

the fruit is a drupe
which I have found means
it has a stone
like an olive

the macaranga leaf
(sounds like a dance)
bears evidence
of a systematic munching visitor

The Lamb's Tail Wattle

is now flowering profusely
throughout the park

the mystery occupant
of an extra large chrysalis
has flown the coop

sparkly pines

with small
fluffy orange flowers

that will over time
become these nuts

Yellow pea shrub -
Gompholobium Virgatum

which is only known to exist
on the coastal heath

A leaping tangle tendril
reaches across our pathway
attempting to make contact
with a suitable branch
and grow to become
a marauding forest vine

Because of the beauty
of this Banksia filled corner of the park
I have christened this particular section
of the way
the Banksia Nut Walk



and after all...
the Wallum is the Aboriginal word for
the Coastal Banksia


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