Hundreds of people have started heading out into Tasmania's alpine areas to glimpse the annual turning of the fagus., is Australia's only cold climate winter deciduous tree and attracts sightseers who make a pilgrimage to see its rich autumn colours.
"It's a very special species that we need to protect. If fire goes through the fagus, they very probably will not recover."Mount Field, north of Hobart, is the most popular location for fagus hunting in the state's south, while northerners can see it at Cradle Mountain, in particular at Dove Lake and Crater Lake, as well as Mount Murchison in the north-west.
"Our kids are never like, 'Yay, let's go bushwalking'. We're always sort of dragging them out, and then once they're there, they're enjoying it," he said.
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