Three photos of man-ferns towards the east coast of Tasmania growing along the side of the road.
Kangaroo Paw above. There are several different colours to be purchased, these plants lie dormant over winter. Photo from 2nd cousins house at Bicheno.
The old store at Swansea which is over a hundred years old and still in the same family.
I bought the tea towel (below) from there.
Los helechos son unas preciosas plantas, necesitan de mucha humedad.
ReplyDeleteBesos
Some ferns do need the humidity, the ones in the photo wouldn't get humidity on a mountain here in Tasmania. There are several varieties of man ferns.
DeleteI noticed some face cream from Clarins which was made from the Kangaroo Paw flowers, so I was interested to see this on your post.
ReplyDeleteOh really, I didn't know that. The flowers are very tiny when they come out, and on some of the 'paws' there was a flower.
DeleteLove the ferns. The tea-towel is fun too.
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful and healthy those ferns. If I'm needing tea-towels I often buy one for the caravan.
Deletewhen you look closely past the magnificent ferns, the ground is not very green!
ReplyDeleteObviously some rain is badly needed, as the bushfires in Tasmania news reports
suggest.
Way back in the 1950's the Dorrigo Pass up Armidale, NSW way was avoided as much as possible, as was Cunningham's Pass up near Toowoomba, Qld.
Both were one way goat tracks!!!
Colin
I can imagine that they were having been up and down those passes several times over the years.
DeleteNo bush fires anywhere near me as they are in the Highlands and a part of the West Zeehan, Rosebury, inland Miena, area. Many areas one can't get to so the fires just have to burn.
We have a yellow caution sign on our front door that warns of Tasmanian Devils ahead. It has a depiction of a real devil, not the Warner Brothers one. I have no idea where we got it. Great post, by the way.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteThere is a lot of difference between the real devil and the Warner Brothers one as you know.
I would like to go to Tassie again
ReplyDeleteMaybe one day Jo-Anne, there is so much to see that you know doubt missed last time you were here.
DeleteThose ferns are beautiful. I like the wind, so probably wouldn't mind travelling that 10km.
ReplyDeleteLove the old store :)
My husband likes to drive on windy roads, prefers them to straight ones.
DeleteI remember the Swansea general store. Good to hear it is still a thriving business. I don't know about man ferns. Just another think to check out in the future.
ReplyDeleteThe old store is doing alright as it's also an IGA, interesting to walk through the other part where they sell all kinds of things.
DeleteGood post 😊 thanks for your sharing 😊
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteI must admit I'm not a fan of windy roads... lucky I live in wide open flat country where all the roads are straight! But sometimes to get to the best places you have to travel the windy roads.
ReplyDeleteNever been used to the I suppose, where as windy roads are mostly what we know here, and you never know what beautiful scenery is around the next corner.
DeletePerfection images on the ferns, I love them.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the beautiful photo report of your fantastic journey!!
ReplyDeleteHave a happy weekend !
Those kangaroo paw flowers are beautiful. I must say that Australia has many amazing things which cannot be found elsewhere.
ReplyDeletesounds really wonderful and interesting place to visit Margaret!
ReplyDeleteyou shared some magnificent images here
enjoyed the tea towel read ,how nice to own building by same family since more than 100 years