THE BAW BAW PLATEAU is home to one of Australia’s most remarkable ecosystems. Here, in Baw Baw National Park in Victoria’s High Country, dense, lush vegetation intertwines with bright green moss so thick that only outcrops of granite rock can break through.
Dragonflies hover above crystal-clear pools of water, daisies reach for the sun, and if you listen closely, you might hear the call of a certain endemic frog species that’s one of the world’s rarest. Known simply as Baw Baw bog, the remarkable natural system is protected within Australia’s highest national park.
For most of us, the word bog doesn’t usually evoke pleasant mental imagery. And yet bogs are idyllic places. A bog
