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Fagus watch 2011 [Multiple photos]
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Tue 15 Mar, 2011 10:36 amby shazcol
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Tue 15 Mar, 2011 11:03 amby tasadam
I've been watching the Poplar trees around here as a guide, they've certainly been going off early this year so I reckon the fagus will be early too.
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Tue 15 Mar, 2011 12:00 pmby kramster
shazcol wrote:Plenty of Fagus turning around the Labyrinth and the Acropolis already. Maybe plan those Fagus trips a bit earlier this year?
That figures... especially on the year when Easter break is about as late as it can possibly get!.... <sigh>
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Fri 18 Mar, 2011 3:49 pmby tasmaniac
That's a bit of a worry as we are planning an Easter trip to Mt. Murchison. As there are probably many others planning similar Easter trips to hopefully see the fagus at it's colourful best, can anyone doing walks in any good fagus spots post an update on this thread. That would be much appreciated.
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Sat 19 Mar, 2011 3:13 pmby Buddy
My understanding is that deciduation is based on day length. Given that, it probably won't be much different to any other year, unless we get heavy and early snows.
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Sat 19 Mar, 2011 9:10 pmby walkinTas
tasadam wrote:I've been watching the Poplar trees around here as a guide, they've certainly been going off early this year so I reckon the fagus will be early too.
I made the exact same comment after a recent trip to Launceston. The Poplars have turned and Autumn is very early this year.
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Sat 19 Mar, 2011 10:58 pmby Speculator
Was on Mt. Murchison today. It's certainly on the turn up there already. Should be at its best in a couple of weeks!
L8r.
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Tue 22 Mar, 2011 5:49 amby ILUVSWTAS
Up on Oakleigh and Ossa over the weekend it had started as well.
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Tue 22 Mar, 2011 10:51 amby tasadam
ILUVSWTAS wrote:Up on Oakleigh and Ossa over the weekend it had started as well.
Har... Finally made it to the middle, did ya!
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Tue 22 Mar, 2011 12:12 pmby ILUVSWTAS
tasadam wrote:ILUVSWTAS wrote:Up on Oakleigh and Ossa over the weekend it had started as well.
Har... Finally made it to the middle, did ya!
Yep sure did! It would be an amazingly beautiful place it it wasnt for all the wanna-be adventurers at Pelion!!
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Mon 04 Apr, 2011 10:10 amby tasmaniac
Any fagus updates, especially for Mt. Murchison?
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Mon 04 Apr, 2011 6:30 pmby DaveGwy
Is there a way to see this if I'm without a car?
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Tue 05 Apr, 2011 6:33 pmby north-north-west
tasmaniac wrote:Any fagus updates, especially for Mt. Murchison?
- It was starting to turn on Murchison in February
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Tue 05 Apr, 2011 7:46 pmby frenchy_84
DaveGwy wrote:Is there a way to see this if I'm without a car?
Take a bus to lake st clair, then walk to Labyrinth or Mt Olympus
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Tue 05 Apr, 2011 10:16 pmby GeoffR
Anyone been to the Tarn Shelf lately? I would like to know how it's going there if possible, would save a long trip when time is at a premium at the moment. Thanks
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Fri 08 Apr, 2011 6:54 amby Binder
Not much happenning at Tarn Shelf yet. I had staff up there yesterday and only a handfull of branches just starting to turn. Same for Lake Fenton patch on the road side. Probably a couple of weeks off yet. Looks like the traditional Anzac Day weekend might go close!
Cheers
Binder
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Fri 08 Apr, 2011 12:56 pmby Drifting
Any reports from Cradle Mtn?
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Fri 08 Apr, 2011 6:43 pmby GeoffR
Thanks for that info Binder, Easter/Anzac Day was my planned trip (along with lots of others probably!)
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Tue 12 Apr, 2011 3:28 pmby Luke
I visited the Labyrinth in last weeks blaze of April summer sun and was interested to see the fagus didn't seem to be much different from the first post in this topic which showed it starting to change mid March! This weeks cold snap might bring it on, but I wouldn't recommend a special fagus viewing trip up that way much before the traditional ANZAC day. There were some yellow and brown leaves around at Lake level (Elysia), but overall the landscape was still green, and all the patches I could see up on Geryon were still completely green. The ranger I spoke to didn't think it was going to be an early season this year. Still a glooorious place though, and the still weather gave some classic Geryon/Acropolis reflections in the lake, but that is probably a discussion for somewhere else!
- You can see it is still mostly green around the Labyrinth. The reflections were working very nicely though!
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Thu 14 Apr, 2011 5:27 pmby stepbystep
Mt Murchison was beautiful today, I'd get up there soon if you like the yellow stuff
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Thu 14 Apr, 2011 6:10 pmby gayet
The first image in gorgeous , with or without the yellow stuff! Thank you
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Thu 14 Apr, 2011 8:57 pmby doogs
Glad you had good weather, very average elsewhere in the state. Thanks for the pics SBS.
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Fri 15 Apr, 2011 6:41 pmby stepbystep
gayet wrote:The first image in gorgeous , with or without the yellow stuff! Thank you
Thanks, an absolute pearler of a walk that one, so much to take in, highly recommended!
doogs wrote:Glad you had good weather, very average elsewhere in the state. Thanks for the pics SBS.
Cheers doogs, your coffee was top notch, got me to Devonport fresh as a daisy, enjoy S.I.
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Sat 16 Apr, 2011 9:59 pmby walkinTas
Definitely on the turn at Cradle now. Should be perfect by weeks end.
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Mon 18 Apr, 2011 9:04 pmby north-north-west
Wish the weather had been like that on Murchison when I went up . . .
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Tue 19 Apr, 2011 8:52 amby stepbystep
north-north-west wrote:Wish the weather had been like that on Murchison when I went up . . .
...always complaining about the weather, you must be a fully fledged Victorian these days
Seriously though I did have to contend with a 5 knot Easterly, and all that sun.....
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Tue 19 Apr, 2011 11:21 amby Phil
stepbystep wrote:north-north-west wrote:Wish the weather had been like that on Murchison when I went up . . .
...always complaining about the weather, you must be a fully fledged Victorian these days
Seriously though I did have to contend with a 5 knot Easterly, and all that sun.....
Yeah, I found it tough up there recently too SBS...........
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Tue 19 Apr, 2011 3:32 pmby norts
Fagus on the slopes of Geryon and Massif on Saturday
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Tue 19 Apr, 2011 6:49 pmby DaveGwy
Nothing quite as spectacular as ^^^ but...
Trees near the Block stream at Lake Fenton, Mt Field NP.
- Lake Fenton area.
First time I've seen them, so was very exciting.
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Tue 19 Apr, 2011 6:55 pmby north-north-west
stepbystep wrote:north-north-west wrote:Wish the weather had been like that on Murchison when I went up . . .
...always complaining about the weather, you must be a fully fledged Victorian these days
Seriously though I did have to contend with a 5 knot Easterly, and all that sun.....
I wasn't complaining, just asking for something a little more photogenic. You should have seen some of the conditions I was walking in. The camera was a useless weight for too much of the time.
mod: Fagus watch continues with Fagus Watch 2012