I recently began a brand new project with the University of Melbourne. The beginning of a new project is filled with equal parts excitement and trepidation—excitement at the novelty, the blank canvas, the potential, and trepidation at not wanting to put a foot wrong in critical early decisions that will affect the outcome of a career-defining opportunity.
Here the photos from a first foray into East Gippsland, surveying sites for bird-pollinated Prostanthera walteri.

Mt. Elizabeth

Snowy River National Park

Prostanthera walteri

Prostanthera hirtula

McKillops Bridge

The Snowy River

The Snowy River

Prostanthera walteri

Snowy River National Park

Gippsland waratah – Telopea oreades

Floral diversity in Prostanthera