Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club | Yes you should
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…
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…
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…
Let’s look at Lomatia | Kings and Guitars
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…
Tasmanian Orchids | Caves that are handsome | Tafoni
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 | Glow in the dark fungi
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…
Aurora | For Evan
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…
Fagus | The Photos
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…