Denis De-Young Reserve
(Jandakot Botanical Park)
Denis De-Young Reserve is a small reserve (84 ha) which is located in Banjup WA (Western Australia). It is only one of several reserves included in the Jandakot Regional Park system (almost 3000 ha).
Although the forest is not dense it contains Banksia Woodland and Melaleuca Paperbark. This reserve also has over 300 species of plants and 150 animal species including bandicoots, Grey Kangaroo, New Holland Honeyeaters, Fairy Wren and Silvereye.
Dave took a photograph of a white dot on the end of a piece of grass which turned out to be:
On the trail we noticed a spider web in our path, about seven or eight feet above the ground. Its span was about 20 feet from a tree on one side of the path to another tree on the other side of the path.
The web, which was suspended from the main line, was in the center of the pathway about five or six feet from the ground.
We also watched a New Holland Honeyeater feed on a banksia flower. Its head and beak were immersed in the top of the flower. Dave managed to photograph him before he flew off.
Before we left the park Dave captured a beautiful photo of an Australian Pied Magpie, across the road from the reserve.
Pretty good walk even though we didn't get to see any bandicoots or Grey Kangaroos.
Maybe next time.