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Moody weather over the Tarkine

Mossy creek with Pandani in Cradle Mountain National Park.

Mossy creek with Pandani

Pandani lined mountain stream in Cradle Mountain after a heavy snowfall.

Mountain stream in winter

Mycena epipterygia

Mycena interrupta

Mycena kuurkacea

Mycena leaiana var. australis

Mycena mulawaestris

Nidula niveotomentosa

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)

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

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

Snow gum, Mt Field area

Snowgum in winter

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

Tasmanian snow gum detail

The Pandani family

A walk to the Growling Swallet near Mount Field National Park.

Walking into a dream

Wallaby and joey in the early morning light in Cradle Mountain (near Waldheim area). They sprung away straight after this picture was taken. Lovely Pandani in the background.

Wallaby and joey

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