Cox Peninsula/Raining Acacia Flowers

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A relaxing morning stroll at the Cox. Still way too much water to get into the ancient remnant vine forest. Surprisingly few Wallaby tracks to meander down, this time last year they were zig-zagging everywhere. The big difference is the salt water. I have been visiting freshwater habitat for months now and this is the first visit to a saltwater habitat, even though it is a Paperbark swamp, dominated by one or more tall Melaleuca species. In amongst the second story there were lots of Carallia brachiate but no day-moths anywhere. They must rely on the freshwater more than I understood. The majestic Acacia leptocarpa towering above provided the flower granules which rained down on me every time a breeze spanked their branches.
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Blue Waterlily Nymphaea nouchali
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Caper Gull Cepora perimale
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Common Glider Tramea loewii
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Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton
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Cullen badocanum
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Ervatamia orientalis
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Golden Band-wing Cryptobothrus chrysophorus
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Hypoestes floribunda
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Jewel Spider Austracantha minax
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Leaf Beetle Eumolpinae sp.
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Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster
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Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster juv.
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Melastoma malabathricum
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Orange Ringlet Hypocysta adiante
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Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii female
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Tortoise beetle Nyph Cassidinae sp.
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Yellow-banded Ichneumon Wasp Lissopimpla sp.
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