Great place for a Sunday morning wander, the Edward Hunter Heritage Reserve near Moe is a tranquil bush reserve and home to native wildlife and rich native forest, ferns, fungi and native orchids - but it wasn’t always like this. It started out as a water catchment area with a storage dam to supply water to the Moe Railway station for passing steam trains.
In the early 1950s when the rail line became electrified the reserve became a swimming pool complete with high diving board and kiosk. It is now protected and perfect spot for birds and water creatures - and watchers!
There were large patches of the stiff Coral ferns. I just love their curly tails poking up.
I spent some time talking with this couple who just happened to be on the management committee; I learnt a lot. This tall tree for instance lost the bark off one side when lightning struck it many years ago.
This is a wattle of some sort but I don’t know which. Quite intriguing with its two forms of leaves
Some form of tea tree I think.
An alien fungus blob
Glorious colour with the bright red of the sap and the acid green of fungus of some sort.
On the stringy bark of that same tree the sap had dribbled out along a tendril of bark and solidified.
The almost fluorescent reds and greens stood out like neon lights.
It was a delightful place to stroll with a number of tracks to choose from some which criss-crossed a gentle stream and fern gully.
On the way back ‘home’ we stopped for a bite of lunch and this van pulled up beside us. Like something from the past. The mind boggles!
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