Women's day washed out at Cubica Heights (Thursday 9 August 2018)

Mindful of the threatening rain and adverse forecast we set off to walk at Cubica Heights where we would always be close to the vehicle. We could see that little had grown since the burn about a month ago - probably due to the dry conditions we have experienced since then. However there were a few Othonna natalensis to brighten up the blackened grass. We also found a few new Euphorbia guenzii popping up and starting to flower.

Othonna natalensis 

Othonna natalensis bud

Euphorbia guenzii

We reached the forested edge to the cliffs and found a few Nuxia floribunda proudly displaying their sprays of white flowers. Further along we found a sprawling mass of Pelargonium capitatum with a few terminal flowers. Nearby was a bed of fibrose lichens. Above this was Brachylaena glabra with several clusters of flowers.

Nuxia floribunda

Nuxia floribunda

Pelargonium capitatum

Interesting lichen

Brachylaena glabra

By this stage it had become distinctly colder and it had started raining so the rain jackets came out. Once the rain started coming down with more intent we decided it was time to head back to the vehicle - a little earlier than we would normally have done.

Tracy tempting fate at the edge

Speeding back to the vehicle

And the rain swirled in

We took a detour on the way back to do some bird spotting that we could do without getting out into the rain. Gail managed to get this great photo of the wintry light on the water of a dam on the way out.

Wonderfully moody picture of reeds in the dam (Photo Gail B-W)

Participants: Dorothy M, Elaine L, Gail B-W, Graham G, Kate G, Tracy T.