Mountain Heaths 

Here are a selection of shots from a walk in the Snowy Mountains. These were taken on a walk along the Rainbow Lake path and I have not identified the heath species . I have simply tried to capture the tapestry effect of their flower heads. The heaths are now luxurient in their long regeneration after the 2003 fire that burnt through the area. Although some of the Snow Gum trees were killed, many have sprung new growth, mixing green leaves through the white bones of the burnt stems.

Waist high heaths flank the path.

The heaths dominate the clearings in the woodland.

Tapestry.

A mix of tree and heath. 

The scent from the flowers was powerful in the warm humid air. 

Charming to look over,  challenging to walk through. 

Keep to the path.

Mountain heath

We were up on the  North Norwegian mountain heath, mire and woodland today, in a very remote place close to the Finnish border. Wonderful light after a shower of rain.

A dunlin stands on a mossy hummock watching over his chicks.

A grand old mountain birch tree, probably hundreds of years old, and grown in a natural twisted form, unlike most of the trees close to roads or easy access where they grow in a close coppiced form.

 Intricate tapestries of lichens covered the ground