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So Saturday’s walk didn’t go to plan. I had in fact set out to find the Disappearing Tarn in the alpine regions of Mount Wellington. From accounts by other people, I got to within 750m of it but due to conditions, and how I was equipped, I turned back.

From a photographic perspective, the day was a complete bust. Walked 4.5 hours, and took less than a dozen images, of which this photo of a Richea Dracophylla was the only one I was happy with. Nine out of the 11 different species of richea are endemic to Tasmania, with the most well known being the Richea Pandanifolia, better known as the Pandani or Giant Grass Tree.

And what of the Disappearing Tarn? Well, true to form it disappeared. Reports from other bushwalkers who made it there that day described it more as an average rockpool rather than the tarn with the ethereal blue water.

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