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SKI SCHOOL
26-07-2010 
Our 2010 Mount Buffalo Cross Country Ski School is now up and running - see winter 2010


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PLANTS OF INTEREST

Plants

The plateau's isolation and harsh alpine climate create an 'island in the sky'. As you ascend the mountain you can see dramatic vegetation changes as you rise in altitude, from the Peppermint forests, through tall stands of alpine ash, snow gum woodlands and sub-alpine grasslands and bogs at the higher altitudes.

In summer carpets of silver snow daisies, yellow billy buttons and royal bluebells bloom on the plateau. The sub-alpine plants on the plateau have all developed a variety of physical and behavioural characteristics to survive the extreme and harsh conditions on the mountains.

Mount Buffalo National Park is also home to three unique plants; Buffalo sallee, Buffalo sallow wattle and fern-leaf heath myrtle.