Sunset from Alonnah - Bruny Island

Tasmania


Folder: Australasia

Parasitic wasp

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We found this in Leven Canyon. It is a female, which you can tell by its long ovipositor on the tail. This will pierce caterpillar skin to lay eggs inside, to hatch and feed on the caterpillar alive!!

Devil's Elbow - Leven Canyon

Land leech

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We only met a few of these during the trip and avoided donating blood!

Spotted-tailed Quoll - Loongana

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Outside our shack at night!

Brush-tailed Possum - Loongana

Tasmanian Devil - Loongana

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Outside our shack at night - a bit dark for a good photo - but clearly a Devil!

Pademelon at Loongana

Mountains and farmland near Loongana

Young Scarlet Robin

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This youngster is recovering from having flown into our patio doors at Loongana. We rescued it and put it in a bush to recover safely.

Orange Everlasting (Xerochrysum alpinum)

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There were many clumps of these vivid flowers growing in bogs in the Vale of Belvoir Conservation Area by Lake Lea.

Acidic peat bogs and pools

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These were in the beautiful Vale of Belvoir Conservation Area near Lake Lea. They were buzzing with dragonflies.

Vale of Belvoir Conservation Area

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Button-grass bog and Eucalyptus forest.

Peat bog by Lake Lea

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Part of the beautiful Vale of Belvoir Conservation Area

Lake Lea - Vale of Belvoir Conservation Area

Moth at Lake Lea

Snake at Lake Lea

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We saw a lot of snakes in Tasmania, but this was the only one I got close enough to photograph - only catching its tail!

Dragonfly at Lake Lea

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In the Vale of Belvoir Conservation Area

Mountainous country on the way south to Strahan


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