GrumbleGuts

I have just come back from a birthday party for a 5 year old at a place called murray falls. Now murray falls is situated in a granite range in far north queensland between the towns of cardwell and tully. The granite exists as gigantic boulders through which cuts the upper murray river.

In the cracks between the granite were trees (mostly eucalypts and tetrees) everywhere. Four and five inch trunks which bend with the flow of water because in the wet season they are pushed with the flood which then acts like a predominant wind. I have taken some photos of them, which i will post as soon as my wife lets me have access to the camera.

Then the party moved to the child's grandmother's house. At her land (40 acres) were thousands of trees again tetrees, eucalytps and north queensland maples. All with think trunks, some of them are winding and twisted in the most bizzare manner. I mentioned to her that some of these would make excellent bonsai and she told me i could take as many as I wanted, whenever i wanted. Most of them are about 2-3inches at the base and some are growing out of the sides of vertical cliffs that have been created by failed dams.

The weekend after next i am going back with a mate and we are collecting the best examples. There are literally thousands of samples of australian natives there and I can have as many as I want. I will post what i collect when I get them.

After giving away all my trees two and a half years ago, I feel I can get something back at last.

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