Port Davey... Geocaching Anyone?

Port Davey is a marine reserve on the southwest coast of Tasmania, and first of all it just looks pretty; can we camp here? Its a little far but seems well worth the trek. Also there is a whole worksheet from our friends at geocaching.  The geocaching article is equipped with some nice comments from folks who've been, but also has a solid bit of plagarism from the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, so that's fun.

It is a very unique ecological environment in many ways.  It is SUPER remote: to get there you must come by boat, plane, or walk a journey of around seven days. The water is a deep layer of dark redbrown, tannin-rich freshwater, overlying tidal saltwater. Because of the dark brown color and the tannins, plant life is restricted below the surface.  This allows for some quite unusual marine invertebrates to thrive.  Check one out below, with credit going to Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, as per usual. 

The Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service has a cool informative video that I recommend, linked here. Interesting fact from the video: to protect the fragile species of invertebrates there, hulls of boats must be thoroughly cleaned before they enter because this otherwise they could spread marine pests quite quickly.

Brittany Hallawell

Sources: 

http://tasmanianmarinelife.blogspot.com/

http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=3126