Carranya

Our remarkable Aussie bush never ceases to amaze with species that go against all the norms. Such a species is the almost incredible Kings Lomatia (Lomatia tasmanica) from Tasmania. At a casual glance, this appears to be just another shrub or low tree, but look more deeply: it is very rare, with only 300-500 species spread across a 1.2 km zone in the Southwest National Park of Tasmania; it has been around for at least 40,000 years and possibly more than 100,000 years; and individual…