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Images of Nature in Tasmania

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Mycena interrupta

Mycena kuurkacea

Mycena leaiana var. australis

Mycena mulawaestris

Navarre (Rob Blakers)

Nidula niveotomentosa

On the way down from Harz Peak

Oystercatcher eggs on a beach

pademelon

Pandani grove in Cradle Mountain

Pandani grove, Cradle Mountain

Pandani in Cradle Mountain landscape

pandani LLG 0843

"In Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales, Sphagnum moss tends to die if it dries out in summer suggesting that Sphagnum peatlands in south-eastern Australia may be near their climatic limits. If so, global warming is likely to reduce their chances of long-term survival." (from the Tas Parks website).

Pandani on sphagnum moss

Paracaleana minor (small duck orchid)

Pied oystercatcher

Pied oystercatcher feeding

Pineapple Grass in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park

Pluteus aff lutescens

Postia punctata

Prasophyllum brevilabre (short lipped leek orchid)

Purple Beard Orchid (Calochilus platychila) by Jonathan Esling.

Purple Beard Orchid (Calochilus platychila)

Ancient myrtle and Soft Tree Fern in the rainforest in the Tarkine

Rainforest family, Tarkine

Rainforest, Butlers Gorge

The famous Russell Falls in Mount Field National Park are easily accessible from the Visitor Centre at the entrance of the park. The walk is wheelchair accessible.

Ryvardenia campyla

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).

Samphire

Shades of green, Hartz Mountains

Snow gum, Mt Field area

Snowgum in winter

Steep climb to Hartz Pass

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

Sunny morning stroll in the World Heritage

Rare example of a gallery rainforest near Corina in the Tarkine.

Tarkine gallery rainforest

Tarkine miniature forest

Tarkine rainforest

Tarn Shelf detail with Fagus

Tarn with Hartz Mountains in the background

3 Tasmanian Devils snoozing

Tasmanian Devils

Tasmanian Native Hen on Maria Island

Tasmanian snow gum detail

Tawny Frogmouths on a branch

The Pandani family

With Bishop and Clerck in the background

Tourists over the Fossil Cliffs, Maria Island

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