This summer holidays we ventured into new territory, heading eight hours south to explore the Barrington Tops National Park - another glorious example of the heritage listed Gondwana Rainforests of Australia. Due to its remoteness Barrington Tops NP is host to a large variety of animals, including many endangered species. Thanks to the parks range of altitude, from sea-level up to 1500 meters, flora include the majestic Snow Gum, the atmospheric Antarctic Beech tree and other sub-alpine species, as well as subtropical rain forest. Below is a gallery of images of the different flora and fauna we spotted during our trip. To read the captions hover over or click into the image. Polblue SwampPolblue swamp is one of a small number of unique high altitude wetlands special to to this area. It sits approximately 1400 metres above sea level, very unusual for a wetland. From information provided by National Parks it is understood that it began to form around 5400 years ago when groundwater draining from higher altitudes could not penetrate the rock layer underneath and pooled. Thus the location became a wetland attracting flora and fauna suited to these conditions. Thankfully its specialness has been recognised and it has been declared an endangered ecological community where many unique species can live protected. On our walk we saw many wombat burrows, as well as a rare species of ground orchid.
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