Gerringong Falls in the mist - plants, fungi, moth.

On Sunday I went with my friend Jim and several other people, on a walk to Gerringong Falls. This is yet another of the small creeks which become waterfalls as they drop into the Upper Kangaroo Valley. This is a smaller, but in many ways more interesting waterfall than Carrington Falls - which is the main "tourist" waterfall in this area - east of Robertson. To clarify, Fitzroy Falls is the largest and best known waterfall in the district - but it drops into the Shoalhaven Valley, well to the west. Ultimately, all these falls end up in the Shoalhaven River.I have done the treck down to the bottom of the Gerrigong Falls previously, but I am not fit enough, at present. The trip down involved squeezing through a "chimney" (a crack in rocks) which is something which I do not fancy, I must admit.Anyway I was happy to walk in with jim and the group, to the top of the Falls, and then, I made my way back to the car, slowly, by myself (with Jim's knowledge and consent). That gave me an opportunity to do some serious plant hunting. Well it would have been better if it had not been misting. But in a weird sort of way, it made for some attractive images, with rain drops on the flowers.

Isopogon anemonifolius - budding up.

Sprengelia incarnata - with rain drops.

Fairies Aprons or Bladderwort.

Utricularia dichotoma

Fairies Aprons - side view.

There were also some Fungi around - not many, but some were of interest.

This is the largest "Paint Fungus" I have ever seen. It was on a burnt trunk of a Eucalypt tree. I have seen many paint fungi before, but seldom have I seen such a well defined, large specimen. It is about 30 cm (about 18 inches) long. It looked for all the world like a patch of white leather spread across the burnt wood. Here is the same specimen, close up. You can see at the left hand edge, that there is a slightly raised surface, and then it is still growing outwards, at a slightly lower, and thinner layer.
This is a golden form of a Jelly Fungus. A small one, with definite shape, growing out like paddles, on stems. My finger is shown for scale, so please forgive the grubby fingernail.The last photo for tonight is of a moth which was unusual in several respects. Firstly, it was flying in daylight (admittedly, it was a dull day). But it was also a moth which holds itself in an unusual way - the body is not visible, but its stance is high, not squatting the way some moths do. Then the wings are held almost flat, but wide spread. There are distinct patterns on th eiw=wings, including a definite line across both sets of wings, and four prominent dots.
Finally, it has some very prominent, but short antennae. Many moths have "rams horn" antennae, which are wide spread. Not this one. Its neat antennae point straight forward. I have never seen anything like it before. Its wing spread was about 30 mm across (1 and a half inches).
The closest I can get to an ID for this moth is a "Triangular Moth" (Epidesmia chilonaria). If I am right, it is of the "Looper Caterpillar" family (GEOMETRIDAE)