Corunastylis superba, not only new to me, but rare as...

Corunastylis superba the "Pink Midge Orchid". This species is rare as hen's teeth. According to Alan Stephenson, this species is only known from a few sites, and we tried most of them on Sunday, and we found one plant in flower, and a seedling. That's hardly a good prospect for survival, is it?

Corunastylis superba - click to enlarge image

Note the extremely long "hairs" on the labellum. 

From straight on, you can see the labellum is relatively wide.

My Orchid-chasing colleagues Colin and Mischa Rowan

have more images of this species.

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This next photo has been turned slightly, to straighten the flower

to make it look right.

(Please ignore the rough "filling in" of the corners.)

Just check out the details of the flower.

It has a very long lateral sepals, which are divergent

but pointed out and down,

unlike many of the other species which have the sepals 

curved up in the air.

 This is the same plant (the only one we found).

The colour is completely natural, as I was not using a flash.

 Here it is again, with a slightly lighter background 

to help you see it better.

And now for something completely different - a large green Katydid.
It looks upside down, because that's how these creatures like to hang out. Apparently they assume this position if calling to their partners (stridulating).
Note the very long antennae. The tips are marked on the image.

Katydid - a large green specimen.

This is possibly the Common Garden Katydid - Caedicia simplex.*** If it isn't then it is pretty close to it. The main query in my mind is that this insect was on top of the Sandstone Ridge above Bulee Gap, between Nerriga and Sassafras, on "Main Road 92", in low heathy shrubbery over sandstone rock shelves. Hardly "Garden" habitat.
*** Dr Dave Rentz advises: "It's probably an Elephantodeta or, perhaps, a Tinzeda. Definitely not a Caedicia". Thanks Dave.