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…
A bit of background on Lomatia Lomatia is a genus of plants in the Proteaceae family. Chances are the plants that comes to mind when you think Proteaceae is Protea, Banksia and Grevillea. You would be correct, although the Proteaceae…
Tasmania’s orchids | Peter Fehre May’s Tasmanian Field Naturalist Club meeting was one of my favourites to date. Yeah, I am biased, because I love Tasmania’s native orchid population, but then who doesn’t right. We were lucky enough to have…
Omphalotus nidiformis, or the ‘ghost fungi’ as it is commonly known, is a species of fungi which is quite often found growing in southern Australia, which of course means Tasmania. Generally found at the base of Eucalyptus or exotic trees…
Many people know what the aurora is. It’s those lights in the sky! The Aurora Borealis, which is the northern hemisphere version, gets the most coverage. Although this is changing and a lot more people are beginning to realise that…
I don’t usually post a whole bunch of photos of the same thing… But it’s my party and I’ll cry if I want… Not that I did any crying, because I bloody love it up in this part of the…
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…
Mount Misery? The naming of mountains is an odd thing. Why this amazing patch of wet forest has been named in a such a way that infers it will be the worst day out imaginable I do not know. Perhaps…
Aprils outing with the Field Naturalists of Tasmania took us back to New Town Falls. The family and I were up there not that long ago, so I won’t go into detail about the logistics of the walk and where…