The Otway Fly Tree Top Walk - Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia

There are a number of shrubs that form mid-storey flora growing to about eight to 12 metres tall.

Austral Mulberry: the dull yellow, mulberry-like fruits it produces are, unfortunately, inedible by humans. But birds, including rosellas and king parrots, and sometimes possums, will eat them. The tree has large oval, toothed, glossy dark green leaves, and the flowers it produces are green and inconspicuous.

Musk Daisy-bush: distinguished by the large clusters of small, white daisy flowers in spring. The leaves, too, are distinctive - large, shiny, and elliptical with slightly toothed edges.

Prickly Currant-bush (pictured): the small, sweet, deep red berries it produces in autumn are much sought by Silvereyes on their annual migration. The shrub itself is small, stiff-trunked, and bears small, dark green, oval leaves. The stems have sharp, needle spines.

Bootlace Bush: gains its name from the bark that peels off in long, tough strips. Its small, creamy flowers are produced at the base of the leaves in spring.

Victorian Christmas-bush: in summer the shrub bears a mass of flowers, white speckled with mauve and orange. It is one of the most attractive of all the Otway shrubs.

Mountain Correa: the long, green, tubular flowers are a feature of this attractive shrub.

Hazel Pomaderris: its rough, deeply veined, downy leaves makes it a plant easily identified by its foliage. Old trees have distinctively patterned trunks where lichens cover the smooth bark.

Blanket-leaf: the leaves, which are smooth on top but densely covered with grey down on the underside, give the plant its common name. It produces clusters of small, yellow daisy-like flowers among the foliage near the ends of the branches.

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