Tarn Shelf

Type: walk 

Length: 4 hrs return 

Difficultly: moderate

Highlights: tarns with rare plants

Location: Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia

The Tarn Shelf is a delightful series of small lakes with rare plants such us, Beech (Fagus) and Pencil Pine (Athrotaxis cupressoides).

While coming to the Tarn Shelf you will find Lake Seal Lookout.

Here it is on Aug 2014.

The first two tarns of the Tarn Shelf.

Athrotaxis forest.

Athrotaxis is a Genus of 2-3 species (depending on taxonomic opinion), all are endemic to Tasmania and threatened by fire but logging, sheep, and rabbits have also effected the population. They may reach ages of greater then 1200 years and are generally found in Sub-alpine areas above 800m around highland tarns and lakes.

More of the Tarn Shelf.

Last tarn on the walk. You can walk back the same way or take another track.