Cobbler Hill – Deep Creek CP – South Australia 07-03-2014

The Glossy Black Cockatoo disappeared from the southern Mount Lofty Ranges and the Fleurieu Peninsular after most of its habitat was cleared for agriculture in the early 1900’s. The bird is now restricted to Kangaroo Island and is classified as an endangered species.

The Black Cockatoo feeds on the seeds of the Drooping Sheoak  (Allocasuarina verticillata) of which little remains on the Fleurieu Peninsula. Deep Creek Conservation park has the largest area of native vegetation in the Mount Lofty Ranges and includes the last remaining substantial sheoak habitat on the mainland.

A regeneration programme is being implemented to provide a more extensive sheoak habitat and encourage the re-establishment a population of Glossy Black Cockatoos in these ranges.

 

 

Photo from Deep Creek Conservation Park

 

 

Western Grey Kangaroo – we later saw a huge male in a mob – it must have been at least 1.8m tall!

Male Scarlet Robin - Not a good  photo tis the best I could do and shows its brilliant plumage.

The ‘Cup Moth’ Caterpillar – If touched its spines can deliver a painful sting and are among the few venomous caterpillars.

This grass tree is at least 60 – 90 years old. It has been trimmed around the bole – not sure why.


Cobbler Hill



Lunch – on a not so very hot day – 22 deg C!


Sunset Sheoak and  Moon

Sunset at Cobbler Hill