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Tecoma
Trees
Port Jackson Fig
THE PORT JACKSON FIG TREE IS NATIVE TO THE SOUTH COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.
THE OLD TREE SHOWN IN THESE PHOTOS WAS ON THE LAND WHEN WE MOVED HERE SOME THIRTY YEARS AGO.
IT WAS EVEN BIGGER THEN, UNTIL HALF OF THE TREE PEELED OFF AND COLLAPSED A FEW YEARS LATER.
UNDER THE CANOPY THERE IS A HUGE OPEN AREA.
THIS IS A SPECTACULAR AND MAGICAL PLACE, WITH THE TREE SHOWING ITS BEGINNINGS WHERE A SEED ATTACHED ITSELF TO LARGE ROCKS AND GREW OVER THEM.
THE TREE CONTINUES TO COLONISE THE SITE, SPREADING EVER OUTWARDS.
LARGE HEAVY BRANCHES HAVE PUT DOWN AERIAL ROOTS TO GIVE THEMSELVES SUPPORT.
THE OLD TREE SHOWN IN THESE PHOTOS WAS ON THE LAND WHEN WE MOVED HERE SOME THIRTY YEARS AGO.
IT WAS EVEN BIGGER THEN, UNTIL HALF OF THE TREE PEELED OFF AND COLLAPSED A FEW YEARS LATER.
UNDER THE CANOPY THERE IS A HUGE OPEN AREA.
THIS IS A SPECTACULAR AND MAGICAL PLACE, WITH THE TREE SHOWING ITS BEGINNINGS WHERE A SEED ATTACHED ITSELF TO LARGE ROCKS AND GREW OVER THEM.
THE TREE CONTINUES TO COLONISE THE SITE, SPREADING EVER OUTWARDS.
LARGE HEAVY BRANCHES HAVE PUT DOWN AERIAL ROOTS TO GIVE THEMSELVES SUPPORT.
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Tree Lucerne
AFTER NEARLY 30 YEARS OF GIVING SUSTENANCE TO A WIDE VARIETY OF NATIVE BIRDS THE TREE LUCERNE REACHED THE END OF ITS LIFE IN 2012 .THE BLOSSOMS AND LEAVES SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS ABOVE WERE ONLY A SHADOW OF THEIR FORMER GLORY . MANY YEARS OF DROUGHT HELPED TO HASTEN ITS END. THE OLD GIRL WAS FELLED AND REMOVED ON 10 MAY 2012.