Wednesday 1st May 2019
Well the start of a new month. I don’t think it is going to help us weather wise. The forecast today is for rain, between 5-15mm. Hopefully we can get a few walks in today in between showers.

Well we started the day with a rainforest walk at Julius River, just near where we stayed in a freebie National Park camp last night. Wow, more fungi, I am in paradise. I am driving DB mad as a 2 km walk takes 1 hour 15 minutes. A bit slow for him, but I am in awe at the number of species of fungi I have seen in the last 2 or 3 days. It truly is amazing. After our cool temperate rainforest walk we then did the spectacular flooded sinkhole walk through old-growth myrtle forest, with more fungi. Woohoo!!

We then drove to Lake Chisholm Forest Reserve which has flooded limestone sinkholes and meandering walks through old myrtle forests and alongside still watered lakes. Then we went on to Dempster Plains lookout which has expansive views over buttongrass plains to the interior mountains and hills of the Tarkine. Then on to another sinkhole.

Next stop was Milkshake Hills Forest Reserve nestled among the eucalypts. This was a walk uphill to a lookout over the forest. It was very pretty and lucky for us the rain stopped long enough for us to walk without getting wet.

We then headed to our last stop for the day The Trowutta Arch Rain Forest Walk; a stunning and natural geological structure. And again with amazing fungi.

We walked a total 8km today but at a snail’s pace. Better than nothin I suppose.

Nestled in the North-West corner of Tasmania, Australia’s island state is the greatest expanse of temperate rainforest, and the second largest in the world, the Tarkine is an intriguing experience.

Unlike many places in the world the Tarkine remains as a hidden treasure and a forgotten wilderness. This expanse of uninterrupted 477,000 hectares of Tarkine wilderness holds ancient relics both plants and animals dating back millennia. Not only is it home to the largest temperate rainforest in Australia and second in the world, but is alive with unique creatures and habitats not found anywhere else.

The Tarkine is not just one wilderness, it provides an archipelago of experiences with vast forests of myrtle, leatherwood and pine trees.