Sometimes, for a vulnerable Australian species, an introduced species can prove an unexpected gift rather than yet another threat.
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All photos copyright Doug Spencer. Each is a close view of something wondrous, but easily ignored, reviled as “rubbish”, or dismissed as “dead”.
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All photos copyright Doug Spencer, taken on morning of March 23, 2018.
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Most of Tasmania’s Southwest National Park is wilderness – no roads, no internet, no selfie sticks…
One CommentWho was the most elegant and inspiring swimmer last Wednesday lunchtime at the waterhole in Aspley Gorge, near Bicheno?
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Its kelp/granite/sand shores are still sublime, and Bicheno the town remains nicely-unassuming.
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Remote, yet easily reached – when weather and other drivers have been gentle to its access roads.
Severely degraded – via agricultural activity/malpractice, upstream.
But still beautiful, apparently “wild” – this fragile/resilient place includes Crocodile Rock.
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A readily accessible natural wonder … which few human eyes have seen.
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Some local tourist promoters and “official” signage falsely claim that marimo live nowhere else.
However, eastern Hokkaido’s Lake Akan is the best place to see them.
Akan has by far the largest known examples of this rare and astonishing algal form…and the lake and its surrounds are beautiful in their own right.
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Its decoration “speaks clearly”, but only in one place, in northern Japan.
Pelican Yoga will reveal all, later this week.
There is a clue today, below.
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