It was lovely to see Malise and John for lunch last weekend on their way through to Bellingen for a break. I do miss my Canberra friends so its great when people call in and even better when they stay for a while. Malise and another friend and colleague Bruce, have written a couples counselling book and I'm reading it at present hoping to pick up some tips for the couples work that I am doing more and more of.
https://www.australianacademicpress.com.au/books/details/202/Happy_Ever_After_A_Practical_Guide_to_Relationship_Counselling_for_Clinical_Psychologists
The Boroughs came back from their WA ramblings yesterday and we look forward to seeing them once they catch their breath and settle back into paradise.
Friends Marg and Keir are staying at present en route back to Canberra after a few weeks up north. They are here for a few days so we can share some of the pleasures of the area. Such as this rainforest and beach walk. Everyone came, including Marjory which is a tribute to her stamina and fexibility at 88. She needed a bit of help over the last rocky traverse but managed the rest without trouble. Here is the walk in pictures. Only one shot of the beach section because it was quite windy and I was worried about windblown sand getting in my new camera's lens. We killed two cameras within 6 months of moving here by taking them onto the beach. No more.
This is a green catbird. We heard it first, howling and carrying on like a cat. Quite big and bold. Had a good look at us from high up in the canopy. They feed on rainforest fruits, so it may have been responsible for all the blackapple fruits we found shredded on the ground.
This is a bull-ant. Up close you can see the vicious long serrated orange nippers. It has stiff black hairs on its head and thorax and a shiny bulbous tail section. Quite intimidating. Glad I'm a big critter and not a small critter.
Start of the beach section of the walk. Keir commented how the orange lichens of this area are like those of the east coast of Tasmania.
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