Saturday, 26 January 2019

Manferns

Many people especially those from Mainland Australia won't go down the Elephant Pass, Tasmania due to it being windy - well we will go up and down it and have done so many times.  The windy part is a mere 10 klm long.

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.




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24 comments:

  1. Miradas desde mi lenteSaturday, 26 January 2019 at 06:35:00 GMT+11

    Los helechos son unas preciosas plantas, necesitan de mucha humedad.

    Besos

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    1. Margaret DSaturday, 26 January 2019 at 12:06:00 GMT+11

      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.

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  2. RosemarySaturday, 26 January 2019 at 08:18:00 GMT+11

    I noticed some face cream from Clarins which was made from the Kangaroo Paw flowers, so I was interested to see this on your post.

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    1. Margaret DSaturday, 26 January 2019 at 12:04:00 GMT+11

      Oh 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.

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  3. Elephant's ChildSaturday, 26 January 2019 at 09:41:00 GMT+11

    Love the ferns. The tea-towel is fun too.

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    1. Margaret DSaturday, 26 January 2019 at 12:03:00 GMT+11

      They are beautiful and healthy those ferns. If I'm needing tea-towels I often buy one for the caravan.

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  4. HuggybearSaturday, 26 January 2019 at 10:05:00 GMT+11

    when you look closely past the magnificent ferns, the ground is not very green!
    Obviously 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

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    1. Margaret DSaturday, 26 January 2019 at 12:01:00 GMT+11

      I can imagine that they were having been up and down those passes several times over the years.
      No 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.

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  5. Bill Saturday, 26 January 2019 at 10:32:00 GMT+11

    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.

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    1. Margaret DSaturday, 26 January 2019 at 12:02:00 GMT+11

      Thanks.
      There is a lot of difference between the real devil and the Warner Brothers one as you know.

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  6. Jo-Anne's RamblingsSaturday, 26 January 2019 at 10:50:00 GMT+11

    I would like to go to Tassie again

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    1. Margaret DSaturday, 26 January 2019 at 12:02:00 GMT+11

      Maybe one day Jo-Anne, there is so much to see that you know doubt missed last time you were here.

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  7. RiverSaturday, 26 January 2019 at 16:22:00 GMT+11

    Those ferns are beautiful. I like the wind, so probably wouldn't mind travelling that 10km.
    Love the old store :)

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    1. Margaret DSunday, 27 January 2019 at 16:21:00 GMT+11

      My husband likes to drive on windy roads, prefers them to straight ones.

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  8. AnonymousSaturday, 26 January 2019 at 19:50:00 GMT+11

    I 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.

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    1. Margaret DSunday, 27 January 2019 at 16:22:00 GMT+11

      The 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.

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  9. camdanduslerSunday, 27 January 2019 at 04:23:00 GMT+11

    Good post 😊 thanks for your sharing 😊

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  10. CountryMumSunday, 27 January 2019 at 09:20:00 GMT+11

    I 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.

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    1. Margaret DSunday, 27 January 2019 at 16:29:00 GMT+11

      Never 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.

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  11. Bob BushellSunday, 27 January 2019 at 20:16:00 GMT+11

    Perfection images on the ferns, I love them.

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  12. ElaSunday, 27 January 2019 at 20:24:00 GMT+11

    Thank you for the beautiful photo report of your fantastic journey!!
    Have a happy weekend !

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  13. krishnaMonday, 28 January 2019 at 04:32:00 GMT+11

    Those kangaroo paw flowers are beautiful. I must say that Australia has many amazing things which cannot be found elsewhere.

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  14. bailiWednesday, 30 January 2019 at 17:42:00 GMT+11

    sounds really wonderful and interesting place to visit Margaret!

    you shared some magnificent images here

    enjoyed the tea towel read ,how nice to own building by same family since more than 100 years

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