Kelly Basin walk, Strahan.
This walk is one of Tasmania’s 60 great short walks and is set amidst unspoilt and enchanting temperate rainforest. I could easily rate this as one of the best bushwalk i’ve done so far!! Would love to make a return visit sometime in the future; only problem is that it is slightly inaccessible as a 4WD is usually required.
This is also the first walk i did after the purchase of my Nikon D700 and Nikkor 28mm f2.8 AIs end of 2008.
Temperate rainforests are coniferous or broadleaf forests that occur in the temperate zone and receive high rainfall. The Australian definition for temperate rainforests are:
- Closed canopy of trees excludes at least 70% of the sky.
- Forest is composed mainly of tree species, which do not require fire for regeneration but their seedlings are able to regenerate under shade and in natural openings.
Temperate forests cover a large part of the globe, but temperate rainforests only occur in few regions around the world. Most of these occur in Oceanic-Moist Climates.
[Source: Wikipedia]
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