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Environment
New! Birds of Taroona:
Photographs by Mick Brown and paper by Mick Brown and Peter Vaughan
Dracophylla's Botanical and wildlife Photography
Taroona Environment Network pages:
Marine Biology
It is said that the word Taroona is the local Aboriginal word for the chiton, a marine mollusc found on rocks in the inter-tidal and shallow sub-tidal regions of our beaches.
Local ecology articles from local Simon Grove:
*Nature through the looking glass
Ocean Planet has made a short film about Tasmania's unique marine life. This film features parts of the Derwent estuary at Taroona.