Jellyfish – the launching
Wednesday night saw the launch of Lisa Ann Gershwin’s latest book ‘Jellyfish – A natural history’. Described as a coffee table book it is really more than that. It has the impression of a coffee table book, in that it is beautifully published with absolutely stunning photography and a gorgeous layout. It’s coffee table book sized, not too big, not too small, just the perfect size for either holding and flicking or resting on the table with…
Fungi season is here…
Mind you, I have been so caught up with uni and trying to pass and learn all the things that I have hardly had anytime to go and crawl around with the leeches and see what I can see. I have found a few little hours here and there, but haven’t managed to venture much further than Mount Wellington or the little gully at uni. Two more exams left and then I can go and…
Studio portrait photo taking progression….
This is a pretty basic, simple photo. Nothing special, nothing fancy, just a simple shot of my dear little Charlie doing what he does. It’s not ‘technically perfect’ by any stretch, but it’s a pretty good photo. Shadows aren’t too out of place, most of it is well lit and there is nothing hugely weird going on with it. The process of getting this far was quite interesting and frustrating. I have never played with…
Growling Swallet
Growling Swallet is one of the deepest cave systems in Tasmania at about 360m, coming in a close second from Niggly caves which just wins with 375m. It is part of the Florentine-Junee karst area and it pretty damn spectacular. As with most caves, unless you are an experienced caver, or with an experienced caver then you shouldn’t venture into them. Unless you don’t care if you get lost and die. I’m not a massive fan…
Mount Misery | Still Not Miserable
Tas Field Nats ascend upon Mount Misery What a marvellous Sunday was spent wandering the tracks at Mount Misery with an equally marvellous group of people. The Field Nats last visited Mount Misery in 2018, you can read about it here. That post will give you some info on the walks and how to get there. I won’t bother repeating myself. I’m efficient like that… Back in 2018 I was going through a pretty strong fungi phase. Can’t remember if that was before or after my orchid one. Potentially…
Herbarium | Day Ten
We found this weird Stellaria up in the central plateau a while back. We didn’t really notice it was weird at first. We just kinda went ‘it’s a Stellaria, it’s probably just S. multiflora’ and then moved along looking for what we were there looking for. Which was a Senecio and some Carex. Anyways, I took some photos, because it was really cute and planned to just ID it later. Turns out, that Stellaria multiflora (both subspecies) don’t actually have flowers. Well they do, but they don’t. They don’t…
Nothofagus gunnii | Tasmanian Autumn
Nothofagus gunnii | Tasmanian Autumn Tasmania is not the first place you think of when you think of the reds, golds and yellows of Autumn leaves spattering the landscape. North American forests are probably the ones that first come to mind. Maples, Aspens, Birch, Beech, Oaks and Ash, all producing vast forests of varying hues of colour. Tasmania isn’t like that. We may not have vast swathes of autumn coloured forests, however the one plant we do have is one worth seeking out. That’s right. One.…