…and ferns.
However – as later posts will reveal – although “the greenery” is lovely, what makes this particular forest’s “floor” so amazing are its non-photosynthesizing, legless, living beings.
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…where the walking is easy, and highly rewarding.
Much of the “Adelaide Hills” and Fleurieu Peninsula is “highly picturesque”.
However, only a very tiny portion even remotely resembles its “natural” or “original” state.
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As a newcomer to another nation and/or to a different kind of society or ecosystem, the surprises that await, almost inevitably, will prove a very “mixed bag”.
This post celebrates a very happy, beautiful surprise, recently experienced in Germany’s only alpine national park.
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It starts just a few kilometres east of Apollo Bay, and it takes you up into mostly-forested hill country.
You probably won’t be lucky enough also to have a close, prolonged encounter with the immediately-preceding post’s echidna, but a very scenic drive is guaranteed!
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Formed by a landslide around 10,000 years ago, Rotopounamu is a forest-fringed little gem – a lovely contrast to the more starkly dramatic, actively-volcanic landscapes that attract most visitors to New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park.
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