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Caladenia dilatata (Green comb spider orchid)

photograph of Caladenia dilatata (Green comb spider orchid)

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These guys have it tough... finding some food in these conditions is no easy task. Their nose must get so cold :-)

Wombat eating in the snow

Muttonbirds feeding off the Tasmanian coast

White fungi reflection over the orange tannin water of the Styx River.

Fungi reflection, Styx river

Samphire is a coastal plant that occupies much of the Tasmanian shoreline. It can be used to make tasty salads (better lightly cooked to reduce the saltiness).

Echidna in Mount Field national park

Tamar Island Wetlands

Black swan over shallow water

Wedge-tailed Eagle swimming in the Pieman river

Calochilus paludosus (strap beard orchid)

Moody weather over the Tarkine

The gorgeous vegetation of Tasmania's alpine environments.

Alpine wonderland

Mycena interrupta

Aseroe rubra also know as the anemone stinkhorn or starfish fungus, has a foul smelling, sticky brown gleba at the apex that attracts insects that then disperse the spores.

Stinkhorn and fly in the Blue Tier

Mycena leaiana var. australis

Galerina patagonica

Sunny morning stroll in the World Heritage

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Miena cider gum at dawn

Calochilus herbaceus (Pale Beard Orchid)

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Caladenia dilatata (Green comb spider orchid)

Prasophyllum brevilabre (short lipped leek orchid)

Paracaleana minor (small duck orchid)

Caladenia helvina (summer spider orchid)

Green-comb Spider Orchid (Caladenia dilatata)

Green-comb Spider Orchid

Calochilus platychila (purple beard orchid)

Purple Beard Orchid (Calochilus platychila) by Jonathan Esling.

Purple Beard Orchid (Calochilus platychila)