Mount Cameron | Field Nats and Granite
Easter spent the right way I have written about the Tas Field Nats Club before, a couple of times (here and here), and now I am writing about them again. This time in relation to the Easter Camp at Mount…
Gumboots
Lake Belcher Track | With No Lake
The Day Ten Project Recently I switched to a nine day fortnight at work, leaving the tenth day for exploring and botanising. Today I decided to wander out past Wombat Moor along the Lake Belcher Track up at Mount Field…
Photographing Nature | Nicely
What constitutes the perfect nature photo? Is it the detail and the sharpness? The composition? The balance of colour and light or the way they interact? Perhaps it is all those things and no doubt you will come up with…
Happy (serrated tussock) Days | The Four Legged Fonz
Those who know me, know I am not really much of a dog person. When I encounter dogs of any shape or size, I tend to immediately protect my throat, in fear they will go straight for it. When I…
Shadow Lake in the snow
There is something rather special about snow covered landscapes. Everyone loves them, well, everyone seems to love them in some capacity. Even if they aren’t fans of being cold, or the potential risk of being cold, they still have a…
Tetratheca procumbens
Tetratheca procumbems Spreading pinkbells Eleocarpaceae Flowering: September through to February Usual habitat/distribution: Commonish, but scattered around in sub alpine heathlands, grasslands from sea level up to mountains. Status: Not sure Description: Small little shrub branching mostly from the base, with slender stems…
Epacris corymbiflora
Epacris corymbiflora Straggling Heath or Buttongrass Heath Ericaceae Flowering: October through January Usual habitat/distribution: Pretty common in wet, boggy, peaty places in the South West and West of Tasmania. Especially in Buttongrass plains Status: Not listed Description: Upright little shrub, roughly around…
Epacris gunnii
Epacris gunnii Coral Heath Flowering: September through December Usual habitat/distribution: Pretty common amongst the subalpine areas in damp, marshy areas. Status: Not listed Description: An erect shrub that can get up to 1m tall. Leaves are small, sharp and pointy with the…
Spiranthes australis
Spiranthes australis Pink Spiral Orchid Flowering: October through to March Usual habitat/distribution: Marshy and poorly drained spots usually around reeds and grasses. Description: Flower gets about 20 – 45cm tall with anywhere up to 60 flowers in a distinctive spiral arrangement. Can’t…
I wrote a story
I shall be taking long service leave from my fight photography work, effective immediately. All fight albums shall remain on the website () until the end of the month. (originally was going to be the end of the year) Galleries…