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Black Bluff Mountain
The 950 meter ascent makes for a long day hike for most people, but the summit offers rewarding panoramic views of Mt Roland, Cradle Mountain, the Dial Range and the sea.
The Northern sides of Black Bluff are covered in native forest. Some of this forest includes patches of myrtle rainforest, a vegetation that once covered much of North West Tasmania, but that has since been subject to extensive logging.
Many of Tasmania’s alpine ecosystems are underlain by dolerite, but Black Bluffs alpine plants grow on quartzite and conglomerate.
Black Bluff is therefore part of a small group of mountains that provides homes for these distinct alpine plant communities.
To the east of the Black Bluff peak lies Paddy’s Lake, the northernmost glacial tarn in Tasmania. This lake is home to the Tasmanian Mountain Shrimp, a unique freshwater crustacean that can only be found in high-altitude Tasmanian lakes.
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The 950 meter ascent makes for a long day hike for most people, but the summit offers rewarding panoramic views of Mt Roland, Cradle Mountain, the Dial Range and the sea.
The Northern sides of Black Bluff are covered in native forest. Some of this forest includes patches of myrtle rainforest, a vegetation that once covered much of North West Tasmania, but that has since been subject to extensive logging.
Many of Tasmania’s alpine ecosystems are underlain by dolerite, but Black Bluffs alpine plants grow on quartzite and conglomerate.
Black Bluff is therefore part of a small group of mountains that provides homes for these distinct alpine plant communities.
To the east of the Black Bluff peak lies Paddy’s Lake, the northernmost glacial tarn in Tasmania. This lake is home to the Tasmanian Mountain Shrimp, a unique freshwater crustacean that can only be found in high-altitude Tasmanian lakes.
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