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Like most of the hairstreaks, the Brown Hairstreak is an elusive butterfly that spends most of its life high in the treetops, basking and feeding on aphid honeydew. Males congregate in the canopy of a favoured large Ash tree, known as a 'master tree' to await females. Only on warm sunny days, after mating, does the female descend to lay her eggs. The male, here, only rarely descends to feed.
The abundance of sand here is not so much from that carried by Theodolite Creek, for most is derived from the longshore flow of sand northward along the surf coast of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland.
The dominant southeasterly approach of the waves generated by storms in the Tasman Sea and Southern Ocean generate a flow of sand in the surf zone, northwards along the coast. The sand is derived from the many rivers (Hunter, Manning, Hastings, Macleay, Bellinger, Clarence, Richmond, Tweed, Nerang, Coomera, Logan, Brisbane) that discharge their sediments along the coast. All the while sand accumulates on the southern side of headlands, sweeps around the heads especially following local storm weather, and continues to flow to Cooloola and K'gari (Fraser Island). While some of the sand that supplies the surf beaches dries and is blown into foredunes, the majority of the sand eventually reaches Sandy Cape at the northern extremity of K'gari. Here some descends off the edge of the continental shelf, whilst some is worked into Hervey Bay and across the bay to the differently aligned main coast around Burrum Heads, Woodgate and north to Elliott Heads. Additional sand reaches this area (pictured) having come through Great Sandy Strait, augmented by sand from the Mary River, and then worked by tides and variable waves across Hervey Bay to this coast. The result is an abundance of sand which is then worked and reworked by the incoming and ebbing tides into bars, banks, beaches and fingers.
This estuary and its beaches is a get-away-from-it-all kind of retreat. This is Burrum Coast National Park. One can totally relax at this creek side, shaded by a woodland of swamp paperbarks, blue gums, pink bloodwoods and weeping cabbage palms. Sheltered from prevailing south-easterly winds, it is a delightful place to picnic, birdwatch, kayak, fish, crab and swim. Wading birds and migratory shorebirds spend time at this creek mouth each year.
P.S. A double zoom allows you to see two 4WD Vehicles and two boats being launched into the estuary (far left) and two people walking on the far side of the spit.
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Like most of the hairstreaks, the Brown Hairstreak is an elusive butterfly that spends most of its life high in the treetops, basking and feeding on aphid honeydew. Males congregate in the canopy of a favoured large Ash tree, known as a 'master tree' to await females. Only on warm sunny days, after mating, does the female descend to lay her eggs. The male, here, only rarely descends to feed.
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The Small Tortoiseshell is one of our most-familiar butterflies, appearing in gardens throughout the British Isles. Unfortunately, this butterfly has suffered a worrying decline, especially in the south, over the last few years. This butterfly has always fluctuated in numbers, but the cause of a recent decline is not yet known, although various theories have been proposed. One is the increasing presence of a particular parasitic fly, Sturmia bella, due to global warming - this species being common on the continent. The fly lays its eggs on leaves of the foodplant, close to where larvae are feeding. The tiny eggs are then eaten whole by the larvae and the grubs that emerge feed on the insides of their host, avoiding the vital organs. A fly grub eventually kills its host and emerges from either the fully-grown larva or pupa before itself pupating. Although the fly attacks related species, such as the Peacock and Red Admiral, it is believed that the lifecycle of the Small Tortoiseshell is better-synchronised with that of the fly and it is therefore more prone to parasitism. This is one of our most widespread butterflies, occurring throughout the British Isles, including Orkney and Shetland. (source: ukbutterflies.co.uk)
Like most of the hairstreaks, the Brown Hairstreak is an elusive butterfly that spends most of its life high in the treetops, basking and feeding on aphid honeydew. Males congregate in the canopy of a favoured large Ash tree, known as a 'master tree' to await females. Only on warm sunny days, after mating, does the female descend to lay her eggs. The male, here, only rarely descends to feed.
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Like most of the hairstreaks, the Brown Hairstreak is an elusive butterfly that spends most of its life high in the treetops, basking and feeding on aphid honeydew. Males congregate in the canopy of a favoured large Ash tree, known as a 'master tree' to await females. Only on warm sunny days, after mating, does the female descend to lay her eggs. The male, here, only rarely descends to feed.
This stunning female Brown Hairstreak was at Shipton Bellinger, Hants, England on 01/08/25. It stayed around for ages, posing on leaves, blackberries and with open wings too!
Lavenders Bridge, Bellingen, another of NSW's timber heritage road bridges.
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Wrights Lookout in New England National Park, Australia
Rocky plateau with spectacular panoramic views looking down to Bellinger River.
Litoria latopalmata. Travelling the Bellinger river from top to bottom, Point Lookout to the river mouth at Urunga. Completed over 8 days, including 3 days hiking over 48km and 5 days paddling over 80km. Bellinger River, NSW.
Todiramphus sanctus. Travelling the Bellinger river from top to bottom, Point Lookout to the river mouth at Urunga. Completed over 8 days, including 3 days hiking over 48km and 5 days paddling over 80km. Bellinger River, NSW.
Travelling the Bellinger river from top to bottom, Point Lookout to the river mouth at Urunga. Completed over 8 days, including 3 days hiking over 48km and 5 days paddling over 80km. Bellinger River, NSW.
Bellinger River looking towards the Dorrigo Plateau, part of the Great Dividing Range in the background
SS Coolebar, washed ashore Bellinger Point, NSW, 16 April 1917. Refloated 12 May 1917. Sydney Underwriters' Association, PXD 1345 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/16AJdwen/6NPgPWkwDxDQq
The Ebor volcano caldera, which erupted approximately 19 million years ago and placed 200-400m of basalt across the Dorrigo plateau. The area around the caldera has eroded back to the Nambucca Sediments, leaving the basalt cliffs of the escarpment that surrounds the Bellinger River catchment. Travelling the Bellinger river from top to bottom, Point Lookout to the river mouth at Urunga. Completed over 8 days, including 3 days hiking over 48km and 5 days paddling over 80km. Bellinger River, NSW.
Litoria wilcoxii. Travelling the Bellinger river from top to bottom, Point Lookout to the river mouth at Urunga. Completed over 8 days, including 3 days hiking over 48km and 5 days paddling over 80km. Bellinger River, NSW.
Litoria wilcoxii. Travelling the Bellinger river from top to bottom, Point Lookout to the river mouth at Urunga. Completed over 8 days, including 3 days hiking over 48km and 5 days paddling over 80km. Bellinger River, NSW.