Sunday 7th August Oatley Fauna and Flora held its first walk with the group Hike It Baby. Five OFF members and 13 adults and 13 children and babies met in Oatley Park to undertake a family friendly exploration of the bushland.
As we set off to the bushtrack through the centre of the park, we were met by several sulphur crested cockatoos who put on quite a close-up display in the steamroller park.
We spotted wattles in flower, blueberries on the bluberry ash trees,banksia flowers and seed pods, hardenbergia and lomandras. Lower down colourful mushrooms, moss and lichens were seen. Scratchmarks on a tree, most likely from a possum, were pointed out.
The highlight for both children and adults were the two tawny frogmouths roosting in the trees facing Lime Kiln Bay.
We had a very pleasant morning stroll before returning to the steamroller park for morning tea and play.
Thank you to the lovely OFF members for leading this walk. Our children (and the grown ups!) certainly enjoyed learning about the bush from you!