Sunday History Photo

Steve
Can't remember exactly how from Tambo but are before you go up the hill to the Rest Area ,Heading North they are about 60m of the new hwy on the left side, The Hwy might have bypassed them by that 60m sometime late 80s . but they are still there.

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That's a terrific photo Ruth.

Did it bucket down afterwards?

Stephen, Blue the Plumber took the photo from his brick unit across the road last December. You can see where it's raining out in the desert - to the right of the house. Blue said we got 52 mm from that cloud and it became very cold (in December) as it does after the rain. Great photo, eh?
We Queenslanders call those trees bottle trees!

Peter
I'm not a bloody Botanist but I will stand correction, Thanks


The Queensland Bottle Tree (Brachychiton rupestris) originally classified in the family Sterculiaceae, which is now within Malvaceae, is native of Queensland, Australia. Its grossly swollen trunk gives it a remarkable appearance and gives rise to the name. As a succulent, drought-deciduous tree, it is tolerant of a range of various soils, and temperatures.

It can grow to 18-20 meters (40 feet) in height and its trunk has the unique shape of a bottle. Its swollen trunk is primarily used for water storage. On every tree the leaves are variable from narrow and elliptic to deeply divided. Clusters of yellowy bell shaped flowers are hidden within the foliage, and are followed by woody boat-shaped fruits.

Bottle Trees are commonly found planted in streets, parks, on farms and as features in gardens. Roma, Queensland is one country town with prominent bottle trees. They also grace the new entrance to the Geelong Botanic Gardens.

I had my doubts about Boab trees in Queensland, until I googled it and guess what.

Boabs in Central Queensland.

Cheers Steve.

Thanks Steve... I don't mind being Nagged ,,,was married once

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Steve

That site does not change my mind on what the trees are out there. I know that country is the home of the Qld bottle tree. Roma has these trees planted down the streets and I hear a lot of people travelling through mistakenly call them boads.

PeterD

Yerr well............................

Baobab Tree(Africa)...Adansonia Digitata
Boab Tree(Australia)......Adansonia Gregorii
Bottle Tree(Qld).......Brachychiton Rupestris

Three different specie...maybe one Genus.

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Cheers

Willem
Good tree to hang Mugabe up in it.

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