Late Orchid Hunt

 I was reading the local mag about such a good orchid hunt that was held last month around Anglesea and I know I had been waiting for an appropriate window to do one for ourselves but it just wasn't happening. How hard is it to co-ordinate three people. We did get out and about today, back to the Inverleigh nature reserve where we have had success before. This time not so much. There were many wild colourful flowers, swathes of orange, yellow and purple but is there an orchid in amongst them. We do not think so, as we were too late this time. There was a father and son team walking behind us who said they had seen plenty of high growing clumps of orchids three weeks ago.  The son was an avid birder who had come for the elusive kingfisher and knock me down with a a kingfisher feather when he found one and pointed it out to us in the tree right there, with a bug in its mouth. There were in fact a breeding pair that had come south for the Summer. 

It was still a good walk, more like a wander in reasonably clear bush land for maybe 3km in total with a lot of the time looking down. There are prickly trees about. We finished off with lunch at the Inverleigh pub and there will be no need for a large meal tonight.  I did find some 3D christmas toenail orchids.