Excursion to  Lake Skinner,  6 Apr 2008
Lake Skinner is inland from Judbury in southern Tasmania. We walked up through rainforest from 500m to sub-alpine habitat around the lake at 970m altitude
 

Moss and lichen on a fallen log in the rainforest.

GF

An earthworm, about 200mm long, in the rainforest.
The inset shows a close-up of its head end.

GF

Liverwort, HeteriscyphusConjugatus.

AT

Mycena interrupta, about 25mm across.

GF

We stopped for a rest about halfway up.

The rainforest has thinned out and, as can be seen, pandani (Richea pandanifolia) is abundant. We saw some 15m high.

GF

Ascocoryne sarcoides.

GF

Lichen growing on a rock. The stems are about 100mm long.
The inset shows a close-up of a fruiting body.

GF

Snow berry, Gaultheria hispida.

AT 

Eucryphia milliganii (Dwarf leatherwood) flowering near Lake Skinner.

JW

Persoonia gunnii (mountain geebung) flowering near the lake.

JW

Orites seed pods, near the lake.

AT

Not camera-shy! A Metallic skink (Niveoscincus metallicus) near the shore of Lake Skinner.

GF

Leaf-hopper.

GF

Eusthenia sp. stonefly found at Lake Skinner.

JW

Cold and misty Lake Skinner; skirted by pencil pines (Athrotaxis cupressoides), and further along King Billy pines (A. selaginoides).

JW

Photos by Amanda Thomson, Geoff Fenton, James Wood