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Author: Dr Helen Tyzack
newtyzack@gmail.comMy blogsites
- Mainland Discoveries Records of my explorations of landscapes on mainland Australia
- Touching the Tarkine Record of my exploration of Tasmania’s Tarkine wilderness
- Walking the Derwent The record of my walk from the mouth to the source of Tasmania’s Derwent River
Monthly Archives: September 2020
Are weeds more important than we realise?
Thanks to John for this BBC article. Previously, in many blog posts, I have talked about the nutritional and medicinal value of many of the plants we routinely label as weeds in Tasmania. After reading the BBC story I wondered … Continue reading
RTBG on Thursday 24 Sept- part 2 of 3
I signed into the Food Garden of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) just as a newbie arrived and was introduced; one with whom I worked until we had a tea break. She and I were assigned to the tea … Continue reading
RTBG on Thursday 24 Sept- part 1 of 3
During my first year volunteering in the Food Garden of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) the pattern was for clear blue skies each Thursday. The Covid 19 interlude has upset the heavens so that the new pattern seems to … Continue reading
Pushing
Lian Tanner’s Facebook site has introduced me to a new meaning for the word ‘pushing’. If you don’t know, you will need to watch a 23 minute video which records cave diving in the deepest cave in Australia – one … Continue reading
Posted in Mt Field, Tasmania
Tagged cave, Khazad-Dum, Push Day, Tasmania's south west, what is left to explore
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Dried food for meals in the future
My sister and I have the idea that we will walk Tasmania’s Three Capes Track in the near future; the date depends on when she can get four days clear from her busy work and life schedule, and whether we … Continue reading
Opportunities to volunteer elsewhere in Tassie
Tasmania’s Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment is offering a range of extraordinary volunteering opportunities. Perhaps some blog followers may be interested to pursue one of the five options in the south of the state or the one … Continue reading
RTBG makes it into the Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards
You can see that the Food Garden of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG) was entered into the prestigious Tasmanian Community Achievement Awards and listed as a semi-finalist in that competition, here. A few weeks ago RTBG reported on its … Continue reading
Plum tree
In mid-August, the red plum tree that was living here when I moved into the house had hundreds of bunches of flower buds waiting to burst open. At of the end of August a few were opening and on their … Continue reading
Tasmanian Discoveries 