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Family fun day at Hastings Thermal Springs

13/11/2009

Hastings Cave is throwing open the doors to the thermal springs pool for a family fun day on Saturday, 28 November.
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Planned fuel reduction burn in the southwest

29/10/2009

The Parks and Wildlife Service and Forestry Tasmania are conducting a planned burn in the Southwest National Park and on lands managed by Forestry Tasmania today.
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Volunteer Campground Hosts Sought for Cockle Creek

21/10/2009

The Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) is seeking people with a passion for the beautiful Cockle Creek area in Tasmania's far south area to be volunteer campground hosts for several weeks during the coming summer.More

Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area

Highlights

The coastline at Sea Devil Rivulet

The coastline at Sea Devil Rivulet

Spectacular Coastline

The coastline along the Arthur-Pieman is among the most scenic and wild in the State. The Roaring Forties generate enormous swells which break upon the west coast, while sand dunes and lichen-painted rocks fringe the coast.

Animals

The extensive grasslands allow for easy observation of the Bennetts wallaby, Tasmanian pademelons and wombats. Tasmanian devils, brushtail possums and spotted-tailed quolls are most often seen at dusk.

The Reserve is home to a rich variety of bird life. Birds which you are most likely to see in the hinterland include the yellow-tailed black cockatoo, white-breasted sea eagle, currawong, striated pardalote, blue-winged parrot, superb blue wren, swallows and honeyeaters. Along the coast you can see the red-capped plover, fairy tern, ruddy turnstone, pacific gull and the pied and sooty oyster catchers. A variety of raptors can also be observed within the Reserve.

Of particular interest to keen bird watchers are three rare species: ground parrots on the plateau country, hooded plovers on beaches and orange-bellied parrots on their migratory path from interstate.

Vegetation

Heath and scrub communities occupy the coast and plains. Scattered throughout the area on poorly drained sites are sedgeland communities, often dominated by buttongrass. These areas also contain numerous orchid species and a variety of wildflowers. Forests grow inland on the richer soils of the plateau country.