I have had so many favorable responses to the last post in my lichen series that, for my third, I’d like to stay in Australia and present three more photographs. I made the first two below in Tasmania on the same day as the Weaning Paddock series: the first was in the Mole Creek Karst National Park and the second in the Mt. Roland Regional Reserve.
I made the third photograph on the mainland, in the Boonoo Boonoo National Park in New South Wales.
I believe this concludes the Australian (but not, by a long shot, the Antipodean) portion of the lichen saga. Stay tuned for more to come!
I’ve always disliked the term Antipodean, it’s translation literally means opposite (anti) Foot (pod) of any place on earth and whilst I admit that there is a group of Islands to the south of New Zealand known as the Antipode’s and am even willing to accept that to Britons Australia and New Zealand are considered close enough to be diometrically opposed to them on the earths access to be considered Antipodean.
I’m probably just being arsey because as a Zimbabwean I am often reffered to as Antipodean when in fact the closest thing we have to an antipodean partner are the Islands of Hawaii
Sorry I got side tracked into a rant there great pictures.
TTFN
MBC
Hi again, MBC, I really enjoyed your comment and understand completely where you’re coming from (both literally and figuratively). I regret having (possibly) put anyone off with my use of the opposite-foot terminology, but I guess I never quite analyzed it to that extent. It makes sense that it was initially formulated to indicate diametrical opposition to GB on the earth’s axis, and thanks for the elucidation. No apology necessary, and no sidetrack perceived. I really appreciate your having taken the time to share your view–and your compliments on the photos. I’m always happy to receive such thoughtful comments.
Phew, please do keep the lichens coming
Yup, that is my plan!
I am certainly enjoying your lichen photos. Keep them coming.
That is my plan, Sandy. It’s a series that will span several continents and several years of loving scrutiny. So happy to hear that you’re enjoying them!
Lovin’ more lichen – the middle photo is especially gorgeous, thank you.
It is so rewarding how a love of photography enhances our ability to see the world as a zoom lens. Whenever I contemplate new places, I find my eye taking in the whole picture but, at the same time, zooming in to little details that are clamoring for more attentive scrutiny. Thank you for letting me know that you appreciate these. I have plans for quite an expansion of the series.
I enjoy reading Krikitarts so much, especially your lichen posts, I’d like to nominate your blog for the Versatile Blogger Award.
If you don’t want to accept that’s fine, but if you do, the award requests that you nominate your favourite fifteen blogs and notify them of the nomination, share fifteen facts about yourself, and lastly display the award logo on your website (a copy of the logo can be lifted from here: http://thenaturephile.com/2012/03/16/id-just-like-to-thank/).
Thank you very much, Finn! I was nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award by Lemony a few weeks ago (acknowledged in my blog “Gratitude and Gulls”), but I thank you most heartily for the great compliment–it’s an honor to have such kind words from you. I just tried to leave a message on your website, but the system I’m on at the moment won’t let me. I’ll do that ASAP.
I’ve really come to appreciate lichens over the past winter and am always happy to see photos of them. That first one is really different!
It certainly is! It caught my eye from my car as I drove (albeit slowly) by, looking for just such little treasures. I sure would love to explore that area again! BTW, I really like what I’m seeing in your recent posts too, and am now following you. Thank you!
Good pictures, Gary, especially the middle one – that brown leaf really adds to it! Adrian
Thanks a lot! That’s exactly what I thought–and the eucalyptus leaf was there already when I came across the amazing lichen-covered rock.
Great lichen photos! The top one was of particular interest to me because it is unlike any I have encountered. I am new to your site, so I look forward to exploring your other posts.
As luck would have it, I am just winding up a week with family in North Carolina, and I found a very similar lichen on a large rock there, although it was not nearly so white, but rather a dusky gray-green, and it will certainly appear in a new post soon. Meanwhile, if time allows, I’ll try to come up with an identification and include that in the new one and possibly also in and addendum to the one to which you refer. Thanks for the compliment!