Fern Tree Forest Ecology
DATES:
Sunday 12 Jan, Sunday 19 Jan, and Sunday 16 Feb
Regular tour: 4:30pm – 6:00pm
Family Friendly mini-tour: 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Ticket prices –
Regular tour: $60 (12+)
Family Friendly option: $40 adult, $20 child
Enter the Tasmanian cool temperate rainforest with forest ecologist and expert guide Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness for a walk along some of Kunanyi/ Mount Wellington’s splendid tracks. Participants will learn about fern biodiversity, mushroom spotting, wood decay, and the geology of Kunanyi/ Mount Wellington. We’ll also try out some citizen science tools to record our observations of local biodiversity.
We’ll meet outside the Fern Tree Tavern, easily accessible from town by a short bus or car ride. The trails are fairly easy and suitable for most fitness levels. Please wear comfortable walking shoes and warm layers. You might also want to bring water and a snack.
We have a shorter family friendly tour starting at 3pm, and then the normal tour at 4:30pm, both starting from the Fern Tree Tavern.
IMAGE CREDIT: OI studios
Speaker
Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness
Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness grew up between the coastal redwoods and the giant sequoia groves of California, studied forest ecology in the coastal rainforests near Seattle, and originally came to Tasmania to conduct the first on-ropes biodiversity surveys of the giant Eucalyptus treetops.
In the years since, he’s travelled 26,000km around India documenting trees as part of a Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship, conducted the first systematic measurements of the world’s broadest trees, climbed the world’s tallest flowering tree, mapped out Hiroshima’s atomic-bomb survivor trees, and clambered into the branches of a New Caledonian aracaurian pine. He has served as Field Editor and regular contributor to Asian Geographic Magazine, assisted international film documentaries, and founded Tasmanian Geographic. Now returned to Tasmania, he is on a mission to champion the superlative Giant Trees of the island as globally recognised tourist attractions.
Venue
Fern Tree Tavern
Please meet outside the Fern Tree Tavern to join this event. Of course, there is nothing stopping you from going inside the pub if you want.
680 Huon Road, Fern Tree, 7054
Website
Accessibility
Please contact Giant Tree Expeditions for accessibility information.
Eat and drink
Consider booking a table for a post walk feed!
A Seat at the Table
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