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Alps in Flower – Kosciuszko NP Main Range – January 2015

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Aciphylla glacialis Mountain Celery
Aciphylla simplicifolia Mountain Aciphyll
Asperula pusilla Alpine Woodruff
Baeckea gunniana Alpine Baeckea
Brachyscome nivalis Snow Daisy
Brachyscome obovata Baw Baw Daisy
Brachyscome scapigera Tufted Daisy
Brachyscome spathulata Spoon Daisy
Brachyscome stolonifera* Gwenda’s Daisy
Caladenia alpina Alpine Caladenia
Cardamine lilacina s.l. Native Bitter Cress
Cardamine robusta Snow Bitter Cress
Celmisia costiniana Herbfield Celmisia
Chionochloa frigida Ribbony grass
Craspedia costiniana Hairy Billy-button
Craspedia lamicola Shiny-leaf Billy-button
Craspedia leucantha* Pale Billy-button
Craspedia maxgrayi Woolly Billy-button
Craspedia sp. B Sticky Billy-button
Dichosciadium ranunculaceum Wreath Pennywort
Drosera arcturi Alpine Sundew
Epacris glacialis Bog Heath
Epacris microphylla Coral Heath
Epacris paludosa Swamp Heath
Epacris petrophila Snow Heath
Epilobium gunnianum Gunn’s Willow-herb
Erigeron nitidus Sticky Fleabane
Erigeron setosus Dwarf Fleabane
Euphrasia collinasubsp. glacialis Snow Eyebright
Ewartia nubigena Silver Ewartia
Geranium potentilloides var. abditum Mountain Crane’s-bill
Grevillea australis Alpine Grevillea
Kunzea muelleri Yellow Kunzea
Leptorhynchos squamatus s.l. Scaly Buttons
Leucochrysum albicans Alpine Sunray
Leucopogon (now Acrothamnus) montanus Snow Beard-heath
Luzula spp. Woodrush
Microseris lanceolata Native Dandelion
Neopaxia australasica White Purslane
Olearia algida Alpine Daisy-bush
Oreomyrrhis ciliata Bog Caraway
Oreomyrrhis eriopoda Australian Caraway
Oreomyrrhis pulvinifica Cushion Caraway
Orites lancifolia Alpine Orites
Oschatzia cuneifolia Wedge Oschatzia
Oxylobium ellipticum Common Shaggy Pea
Pentachondra pumila Carpet Heath
Phebalium ovatifolium Ovate Phebalium
Pimelea alpina Alpine Rice-flower
Poa fawcettiae Smooth-blue Snow-grass
Poa sp
Podocarpus lawrencei Mountain Plum-pine
Prasophyllum tadgellianum Tadgell’s Leek-orchid
Prostanthera cuneata Alpine Mint Bush
Ranunculus anemoneus Anemone Buttercup
Ranunculus graniticola Granite Buttercup
Ranunculus gunnianus Gunn’s Alpine Buttercup
Ranunculus millanii Dwarf Buttercup
Ranunculus muelleri Felted Buttercup
Ranunculus niphophilus Snow Buttercup
Richea continentis Candle Heath
Senecio gunnii Gunn’s Groundsel
Senecio pectinatus var. major Alpine Groundsel
Senecio pinnatifolius var. pleiocephalus Highland Groundsel
Stackhousia pulvinarus Alpine Stackhousia
Trisetum spicatum Bristle-grass
Viola betonicifolia Showy Violet
Wahlenbergia ceracea Waxy Bluebell

 

CVA and PV put call out for voluntourists

MEDIA RELEASE | Date: 17 December 2013

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Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA) and Parks Victoria are, for a second year, partnering to repair and restore remote sections of the 650km Australian Alps Walking Track in the Alpine National Park.

Known as the toughest long distance walk in Australia, the track traverses the Australian Alps, which is an iconic conservation and tourism destination.

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Alpine National Park Bioscan complete

MEDIA RELEASE | Date: 17 December 2013

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Photo: Museum Victoria/Parks VictoriaParks Victoria, Museum Victoria and 4WD Victoria have completed one of the most comprehensive wildlife, geology and palaeontology surveys ever conducted in the Eastern area of the Alpine National Park.

Over two weeks, the 100+ member team of researchers, park rangers and 4WD Victoria volunteers descended on the Park, focusing on a wide range of habitats including sphagnum moss bogs and streams, alpine meadows and grasslands, snow gum forests, boulder fields, limestone caves, rivers and adjacent riparian zones, rocky knolls and mixed eucalypt woodlands.

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Loo with a View officially opened at Macalister Springs

MEDIA RELEASE | Date: 30 November 2013

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The ‘Loo with a view” located at Macalister Springs in the Alpine National Parks was officially opened today.

The ‘Loo with a view’ replaces the old amenity that had begun to deteriorate and required significant maintenance.   It is located next to the Vallejo Gantner Memorial Hut which is a popular spot for hikers located within the Alpine National Park.

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