Mt Field National Park - Hiking trip

[Tassie_Troy1971]

My Daughter Kristina and i went for a day trip up to Mt Field National park which is about 1 hr from Home . The area has a a huge variety of flora including cool temperate rainforest spectacular waterfalls , Giant treeferns up to 35 ' tall , Huge Eucalyptus regnans that can get to 300' tall .

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10 min from home you can see how dry our Summer has been !

[Tassie_Troy1971]

Up at Lake Dobson the water was crystal clear and a hike around the lake seemed like a great idea

Kristina after Rock hopping

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Richea pandanifolia is a large pandanus like plant that grows around this area .

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Dicksonia antarctica tree ferns

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Further down the Mountain were stands of Eucalyptus regnans

Eucalyptus regnans is the tallest of the eucalypts, growing to 70–100 m (230–330 feet), with a straight, grey trunk, smooth-barked except for the rough basal 5–15 metres (16–49 ft). The leaves are falcate (sickle-shaped) to lanceolate, 9–14 centimetres (3.5–5.5 in) long and 1.5–2.5 centimetres (0.6–1.0 in) broad, with a long acuminate apex and smooth margin, green to grey-green with a reddish petiole. The flowers are produced in clusters of 9–15 together, each flower about 1 centimetre (0.4 in) diameter with a ring of numerous white stamens. The fruit is a capsule 5–9 millimetres (0.20–0.35 in) long and 4–7 millimetres (0.16–0.28 in) broad.

[Tassie_Troy1971]

Ephiytic fern growing on tree this area can get close to 100 " of rain a year !

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The waterfall is a nice spot to relax

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And the drive home

[Darold Petty]

Very nice, Troy. Thanks for posting !

[peachy]

Thanks for the lovely pix Troy. As I have said many times before, who needs to live in the subtropics/tropics to enjoy spectacular rainforests. Also you can wear shorts and not arrive home covered in ticks. yeccch !!

Peachy

[Patricia-CR]

SUPER PHOTOS!! Thank you for sharing

[Daryl]

Very nice Troy. The rolling country side reminds me of the western slopes area of NSW. The rainforest and waterfalls in the NP look very nice too. The Mountain Ash are spectacular trees.

Have you got time to check out some of our rainforest on your trip or will it just be a quick show visit?

regards,

Daryl

[Tassie_Troy1971]

Hi Daryl plenty of time i will be in SE QLD for 7 days !

[Daryl]

Sweet...we will have to schedule a visit in your itinerary...

Daryl

[Walter John]

magic...

[yachtingone]

Very nice shots Troy! The water fall is so cool and the water quite clear.

Randy

[Stevetoad]

What a beautiful place. Great photos thanks for sharing them.

[Mandrew968]

THANK YOU!

[Firepalm]

Great shots, thanks for sharing. Love the tree ferns!

[Tassie_Troy1971]

I have some more picture that i will put up over the weekend .

[Miccles]

Awesome photos Troy - thanks for putting them up for everyone to admire. You have some really spectacular countryside there !

I really appreciate it when people take the time to give us a snap shot of the areas where they live

If any of you Taswegians trek to Cradle Mountain...PLEASE take some pictures and post them - would love to see that magical place.

Regards

Michael.

[Tassie_Troy1971]

miccles we were up at Cradle Mt last april i wll upload some pics when i get back from the Big Island !

[JasonD]

Up at Lake Dobson the water was crystal clear and a hike around the lake seemed like a great idea

Nice Athrotaxis on the left! -Jason

Kristina after Rock hopping

[JasonD]

Richea pandanifolia is a large pandanus like plant that grows around this area .

Astonishing! I'll check at the Botanical Garden here on the seeds you gave me to see if they've made any progress.

To think that these are in the same family as Rhododendrons and blueberries is pretty crazy.