I will finish my Tasmanian blog posts with a general set of photos taken at or near my sister and brother in law’s property at West Ulverstone. The property is on a hill overlooking an interesting section of coast. They are close to the Three Sisters Nature Reserve and the Goat Island Nature Reserve. Also, on their property are many birds.
The photos start at the beach at Penguin. Continue reading
This was the day I was flying home to Sydney. But my flight was not till the mid afternoon. So that allowed us enough time to visit another reserve for some more fungi photography. We visited the Upper Natone Reserve, south of Burnie, a place neither my sister or myself had been to before. It was a pleasant rural drive to the Reserve and once there we did a circuit walk around a small lake. The walk took us through a range of forest types.
Bisporella citrina
I would think that the circuit walk would normally take about 30 minutes, but stopping and looking for fungi and then taking photos takes much longer. We only had about 90 minutes available for our wander. This was good for a reasonable visit, but we certainly could have spent more time there. Continue reading
Castra Falls is another place I have found great for fungi. The falls lie in a scenic reserve within a forest planation. There is a loop track that visits series of waterfalls. The track was constructed and is maintained by local volunteers. Many thanks to them for their great work.
This was another outing with my sister. The circuit is near the locality of Nietta between Ulverstone and Leven Canyon. We parked at the start of the track on Gaunts Road and soon made or way towards Silver Falls. This time we competed the circuit walk which ends a short way further along Gaunts Road. On previous visits we have been interrupted by rain. All the way along the track and in particular along the rainforest section below Silver Falls we found fantastic fungi. Continue reading
This day was a bit different to my other days in Tasmania. My sister Alicson and her husband Shane were taking part in a cave rescue practice at the Honeycomb Cave at Mole Creek. It sounded an interesting area, so I went along with them to spend the day exploring the surface environment.
I turned out to be an interesting day, with a nice rainforest creek with plenty of fungi, plenty of birds around and some fascinating limestone features. And there was also some interesting weather with some great rainbows. Continue reading
The day before’s trip to Ferndene had been a warm up trip for our visit to Philosophers Falls near Waratah. The fungi was amazing – both in variety and abundance.
There was so much fungi to see that we didn’t even make the waterfall this visit. Here is a range of what we spotted. I will start with the waxcaps – Continue reading
I was staying at my Sister and Brother in Law’s house at West Ulverstone in Tasmania, and I was fortunate that my sister was keen to spend a few days with me looking for fungi in some of the nearby rainforests. The first place we visited was Ferndene Reserve at the base of the Dial Range near Penguin.
Mycena lazulina
We found good range of fungi out. Here is some of what we spotted – Continue reading
I have been to this national park on Tasmania’s north coast a few times, but Roger had not seen it, so it looked like a great place to visit before Roger had to head back to the mainland.
As well as being a beautiful environment is it a good place to see wildlife – in particular – wallabies, kangaroos and birds. Continue reading
Bushwalking in the alpine areas of Tasmania is always very special. The weather can be challenging, so can the scrub and terrain, but the wild beauty is amazing. It is a privilege to return to some of the wild places in Tasmania and spend some time there.
On this walk, largely planned by Roger, we started from the Walls of Jerusalem and then walked off track along the Chinamans Plains. Then we planned to drop down to Lake Meston and walk out via Lake Adelaide. That is more or less how the walk turned out, except we left the Chinamans Plains a little early due to an ongoing bad weather forecast.
Along the Chinamans Plains and at Lake Meston we were fortunate to observe the “Fagus”, the native deciduous beech (Nothofagus gunnii) changing from green to orange. This is something exceptional to experience. Continue reading
We had got off the boat from Melbourne and done some shopping and then visited my Sister and her husbands place at West Ulverstone. After leaving the bilk of our gear, we headed to the Tasmanian Arboretum to spend the rest of the day.
If you are visiting the Devonport region, its a great place to spend a few hours. The collection of trees are amazing, its a fantastic place to look for Platypus in the wild and it also has a pleasant atmosphere of peace and serenity. Continue reading
It was time to visit Tasmania again. Like my visit at this time last year, I was heading down with an old friend Roger for a bushwalk on the Central Plateau. Roger was driving down to Melbourne and then catching the boat (Sprit of Tasmania) to Devonport. I travelled down with him. I stayed in Tasmania a bit longer than Roger, spending time with my sister and brother in law and then flew home.
Eastern Rosella
On the drive down, Roger, broke the journey by staying overnight at his property at Boorowa. In the morning, we did not need to leave too early, so we had time to wander around the property. I was able to photograph a few birds – Continue reading
