Tassie Plants & Landscapes

There were some wonderful examples of native plants which we came across during our travels in Tasmania. The flora was so varied from wet rain-forests to windswept beaches.

These were taken on the Freycinet Peninsular on the Cape Tourville Lighthouse Walk. I was able to find samples of both green and dried gumnuts.
This little shrub was in flower everywhere at Cape Tourville with masses of flowers covering each bush.
The Marlborough Rainforest Walk had the most awesome trees covered with lichens and ferns. I loved the trees with the 'windows'.
This poor little tree was struggling to grow in a crack in the rocks at "The Nut" at Stanley. The weather here was awful - windy, rainy, cold and apparently that is quite usual.
Also taken at "The Nut" showing the direction of the constant winds.
A shearwater burrow in amongst the grasses at "The Nut".
The beach at "Rocky Cape".......... very aptly named.
The pristine forest of the Gordon River Forest Walk.
The ferns growing along the Nelson Falls / Russell Falls Walk were so varied. Everywhere we looked there were different species.
All the rainforests and waterfalls were so picturesque. These are the falls at Mt Field National Park.
Mt Field National Park.
I was dwarfed by this old fallen tree. Because of the climate the fallen timber doesn't seem to rot away like in the rainforests in coastal Queensland.
Old timber on the Tahune Forest Floor.
The Air-Walk at Tahune.
Leatherwood flowers .... the honey from these flowers has such a distinctive flavour and the bees are only able to harvest the nectar for a limited time each year.
Port Arthur Historical Site ........
I just loved the lichen growing on this fence.
The green of this tree looked terrific against the terracotta coloured wall.
Banksias and Lichen from the Port Arthur Historical Coal Mine Site.