Plants

Aerial view of the property showing the location of the Inala Jurassic Garden Inala (Image: Inala-B Moriarty) Aerial view of the property showing the location of the Inala Jurassic Garden Inala (Image: Inala-B Moriarty)
Botanic Gardens

A global collection of Gondwanan flora in Tasmania

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By Dr Tonia Cochran

The Inala Jurassic Garden is a privately-owned botanic garden located on South Bruny Island, south-eastern Tasmania. Its relatively remote location, on an ‘island off an island off an island’, is rather a fitting place for a garden which features living plant families whose ancestors thrived on the ancient Gondwana supercontinent before it split to form today’s southern land masses – quite the Jurassic Park, with its plant equivalent of dinosaurs that are still with us today.… Continue reading

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A high traffic area on market day and a beautiful view A high traffic area on market day and a beautiful view (Images supplied by Turfbreed)
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Historic Coal Loader site offers perfect green roof platform for Nara Native Zoysia

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By Sandra Godwin

Each week thousands of people visit the Coal Loader at Balls Head, Waverton in New South Wales, to enjoy the fresh air and million-dollar views across Sydney Harbour. It’s a far cry from the days when workers laboured under a thick layer of black dust to unload coal from bulk carriers and transfer it onto smaller, coal-fired steam ships.… Continue reading

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