Family Friendly Fern Tree Forest Ecology

Dates: 

Sunday 12 January 2025

Sunday 19 January 2025

Sunday 16 February 2025

Time:

 4:30pm - 6pm

Venue: 

Starting from Fern Tree Tavern

Enter the Tasmanian cool temperate rainforest with forest ecologist and expert guide Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness for a walk along some of Kunanyi/ Mount Wellington’s splendid tracks. Participants will learn about fern biodiversity, mushroom spotting, wood decay, and the geology of Kunanyi/ Mount Wellington. We’ll also try out some citizen science tools to record our observations of local biodiversity. 

We’ll meet outside the Fern Tree Tavern, easily accessible from town by a short bus or car ride, and then enjoy one-hour walk. The trails are fairly easy and suitable for most fitness levels. Please wear comfortable walking shoes and warm layers. You might also want to bring water and a snack. 

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More about Beaker Street 

At Beaker Street, we invite people from all walks of life to peer through the lens of science. Here, impossible problems invite ingenious solutions, and uncertainty is a reason to come together — not to take sides. 

Together — through eye-opening conversations, mind-expanding experiences, and maybe even a cold beer — we can uncover our shared reality.

Common ground can be found in the most unexpected of places. See you at Beaker Street, where science brings us together.

Find out more about us at www.beakerstreet.com.au 

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