Aussie Trees (Mostly Eucalyptus)

They Grow Every Which Way

Author’s Note: I acknowledge the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the traditional custodians of the lands, waters and skies where I live and work, and I pay my respect to their Elders past, present and emerging, as well as to First Nations’ communities which significantly contribute to the life of Australia.

All Photos Taken by Author on the Surfcoast of Southeast Australia.

I‘ve seen massive horizontal branches over 30 meters long like these growing near my house in Aireys Inlet. We recently moved to Anglesa where the trees are somewhat better behaved.

Most of the limbs of this tree planted in the 1970s suddenly took a horizontal turn at the start of the new millenneum. (See the very top of the photo.)

These classic Aussie thickets provide great protective cover for the prolific wildlife. Fortunately, most of the snakes stay out of the branches.

Don’t miss the Gang-gang Cockatoo whose red-head precisely matches the blossoms on the newly planted red flowering Gum Tree.

Sometimes even large branches seem tangled into knots