The Soils and General Ecology of the North-East Coastal Regions of Tasmania

Recently an examination of the north-east coastal zone of Tasmania was made by means of some fourteen traverses across the area. These traverses were made following a detailed investigation of the soils and vegetation of approximately 7500 acres at Curries River and Stony Head some six to nine miles from Lefroy. This survey was und~rtaken at the request of the Department of Agriculture of Tasmania prior to a projected scheme of land development, and the extension of the investigation reported here was carried out for the purpose of determining the area and distribution of similar country in the north-east, to find to what extent the Curries River area is typical of the whole, and to assess generally the agricultural possibilities of the coastal strip.