Lake Osborne - ancient trees border an ancient lake Contrary to my last post, I went bushwalking again with my friend yesterday and in contrast to several previous trips to the Huon Valley, the weather remained delightful the entire time. Nor did we see a single snake. Sometimes you can have too much nature. Our first mission in the Hartz Mountains National Park , was the gentle 45 minute walk to Lake Osborne. It was still a bit overcast as we set off, but mercifully not cold or windy, which is more often the case in these parts. The valley through which we walk shows many signs of past glaciation to which Tasmania was subject not once, but many times. You can see the sharply defined peaks and carved valleys – it is not for nothing that the range to our left is called the Devil’s Backbone. Then there are the “sheep rocks” – the roches moutannees formed when the thick layer of slow moving ice scoured their leading edges smooth and then fract...
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