Tahune Forest Reserve

Southwest of Hobart is a Forest Reserve where a few really large trees are left and where one can walk on an AirWalk above the forest floor.  The reserve is along the Huon River where enormous Huon pines once stood.  Sadly, all of them were cut to supply the ship building industry in the 19th century.  The trees are renowned for their resistance to rot and insect infestation, so they are ideal for a marine environment.  Today, there is a thriving business to salvage fallen trees and parts of trees left behind to use in the craft (woodworking and furniture making) industry.  We were amazed at the size of some of the remaining species in the forest where some of the tallest hardwoods in the world are found.  The area is quite wet and the species are quite old.  Huon pine has been growing in this climate for 135 billion years.  We are able to drive to this area in about an hour and a half.       We are looking down from the tree top walk here onto the Huon River.  The tall trees are stringy bark and myrtle.            A picture of my lady in front of a man fern.                 Another shot looking down on the Huon    Loop Hill and Devil's Backbone of the Hartz Mountains                       The Huon takes a bend to the south   Looking south toward  Picton Mountain where   the Huon and Picton Rivers meet.

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