Mount Tomah

Mount Tomah botanic gardens

Took the car up to the Blue Mountains last weekend and stayed at Emily's parents' place which is always a relaxing thing to do. On Sunday we visited Mount Tomah botanic gardens on the Bell's Line of Road. Located at 1000 m above sea level they reckon its the cold climate part of Sydney's Royal botanic gardens. There is no doubt that its a bit cooler than down in the city but you wouldn't really describe the overall impression as "cold".

Bower

The highlight of the day was undoubtedly seeing a displaying Satin Bowerbird at his bower with all the blue things that he had collected strewn around the display area. He put in some nice moves and managed to entice a female into the bower but a shocking display of dilly dallying and general faffing about cost him dear and after a while the female got fed up waiting and left. Foolishly I had left my camera in the car so didn't get any pictures. By the time I got back the male was reflecting on what might have been and I managed one blurry shot before he, too, disappeared.

If you snooze, you lose!