Sean tooker
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First it was the strange hue of the trees now it’s a real life nightmare.
This is very hard to take, it must be shared because none of us can escape this.
A catastrophe like we’ve never known is unfolding & exploding at an incredible rate. 🧵
#tasmania
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It’s the biggest story at the moment but will the collapse of ecosystems be televised?
Well you saw it here first & it’s coming to all of us. I’ll post again later.
But for the meantime…
Please…. Watch the Trees.
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First, Eucs in hundreds than thousands were completely expired, almost overnight.
Shrubs, grasses all dying
Like WTF?
This is just 2 months ago.
But that’s just half the story, the real terror has just exploded in eucalypts here in
#tasmania
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Graphic content ahead.
Ginger Tree Syndrome.
(Google it)
First noticed a rise in the amount of big Eucs bleeding heavily. I was aware of the syndrome but it wasn’t highly visible.
It was isolated too.
Not anymore.
E, globulus with
advanced bleeding
They’re dead now.
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Just opposite, the next generation, a young Glob throws it’s arms up in protest but it’s too late.
Those unusual wounds that resemble a screaming face.
The bleeding has begun.
It will be dead soon.
This is the most harrowing & haunting image I have ever captured.
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So where’s this?
Just a few days ago, the Tasman Peninsula.
Huge old E, globulus that I have known since yrs before dying altogether, all at once.
And there’s nothing any of us can do to stop it.
It gets worse….
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What’s behind all this? Here’s a clue. In the meantime I’m casting a nervous eye over the forest from my house. So far it appears normal but the sunset glow terrifies me.
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Mortally wounded.
Thousands of trees once seemingly healthy just months ago are now in their death throes.
I can’t believe what’s happening.
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Oh shit.
Our forests are quitting us.
#thicktrunktuesday
Here’s the early stages of Ginger Tree Syndrome for rough barked E obliqua. Heavy staining from profuse bleeding runs down the tree followed by rapid unraveling of bark.
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I go further then photograph another species of Euc. This is E, tenurarmis it’s dying in large numbers and bleeding heavily.
In Sorell, a streetscape planted Euc it’s doomed.
And then, walking into a dying forest not far from home a tree has literally exploded.
#tasmania
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Incredible response to my tweet the other day. Thanks to everyone who shared & shared they’re own stories on the state of the planet. Never expected 3m views & 2,000 new followers.
Please enjoy this Snow Gum
(in excellent health) I captured today in the highlands.
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This is how a healthy E. obliqua looks.
A thick jacket of grey coloured bark.
I struggled to find this example because they are all dying so quickly. The 1 on the right is close to death along with it’s mate.
#thicktrunktuesday
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Entire forests are collapsing. And it’s mostly private property. Old farming property. Some are for sale. Who will buy when there’s nothing left?
Insurance premiums bothering you?
My property could be worthless soon.
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E, globulus.
Every single tree every where is now dying. The smooth bark is stained with its own “blood” you can see the hundreds of sap trails streaming down the branches & trunk.
Then an eerie glow, hence the term Ginger tree syndrome.
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I said graphic content earlier & for good reason. This is like witnessing torture. These are mature E, globulus about 50m tall they’ll be dead in just weeks.
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My god. I need another drink.
This is just too much to comprehend. No one here gets out alive.
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It’s not just the SE forests it’s now occurring on the Central Plateau.
Snow Gums E, coccifera 720m ASL.
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@DavidFellowes7
Serious decline in rainfall over the last 20yrs. Extreme temperatures & very lengthy dry spells.
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Something is seriously wrong.
Our forests in
#tasmania
are quitting us.
So many distractions.
So much useless information.
Meanwhile they continue to die.
& it’s horrific.
Is anyone paying attention?
Someday soon.
I’m sure.
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A barely recognisable E, obliqua just before death. And a ghastly death it is too.
In
#tasmania
we’re losing our precious ecosystems to anthropogenic warming.
10’s of thousands of Eucalypts are dying.
The biggest story no politician will address.
Any media interested?
Anyone?
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When rain hits the bark of the Tasmanian Snow Gum E,coccifera it’s like switching from black & white vision to colour for the first time...
#Tasmania
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Ok it seems I got the conversation started.
Aussie sounds alarm on dangerous disease destroying the country via
@MailOnline
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This is how it starts.
I don’t think I need to alert anyone living in
#tasmania
to this. It’s happening everywhere.
The mass extinction of established eucalypts has begun.
12 life sentences for all OIL Barons & impish grovelling governments is top priority.
More later.
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If you want to know why we’re so fed up with Salmon farming in
#Tasmania
here’s 1 of many reasons. This plastic was collected by a friend of mine on a beach on Bruny Island for Clean up Australia Day. What you see here is the fragments of the plastic walling of the Pens that…
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@chillax74925685
I have read about the collapse of insect populations in the UK. What an absolute tragedy.
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Says the man who went to war with the US in Iraq based on a lie & recently wrote a glowing character reference for Cardinal George Pell.
Former prime minister John Howard believes Scott Morrison has handled the "incredibly difficult" bushfire crisis well, and that he still had the support of the "quiet Australians" credited with his May election victory |
@ChrisBarrett_
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She is the Grand Matriarch.
Surrounded by her children & grandchildren too.
For her, today is another day in
500 odd yrs of nurturing.
But it’s
#thicktrunktuesday
so it’s your day mum.
Go on, give her a big hug.
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Welcome to my first
#Thicktrunktuesday
for 2021 & today I’m standing inside an E, regnans with enough room to raise a family. Around 400 yrs old & near 90m tall it commands respect & attention. It’s nearby contemporaries equally so. Saved from logging & now protected.
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I’m not yet ready to post the worst of what is happening in forests here in
#tasmania
that will come.
As a teaser here’s old growth Eucalypts haemorrhaging kino (sap) like never before.
2 species of eucalypts 200kms apart in steep & fast decline.
At the same time.
F#%k.
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For anyone who appreciates wild places here’s 31sec of the Bird River making it’s way to Macquarie Harbour through dense rainforest.
Most of the plants seen here are endemic to
#Tasmania
a living document of Gondwana flora 80m yrs ago.
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One of the last of its kind.
It’s scattered brethren nearby have passed away.
The loss is immeasurable.
Extinction is forever.
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The snow falls & the Currawong calls,
But I’m still watching the trees.
Central Plateau
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Cushion plants take decades for individual plants with closely packed stems to form a raised dome. Restricted to poorly drained alpine areas. flowers form at the tip of pointed leaves packed tightly to reduce heat/ moisture loss. This one is believed to be 100yrs old.
#Tasmania
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Some of the rarest plants on the planet only exist in
#Tasmania
with little chance to survive in a changed climate.
#ThreatenedSpeciesDay
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After trekking up the Snowy Range (1398m) to L. Skinner (900m) in autumn last yr I came across this beautiful Alpine Snow Gum (E, coccifera) just begging for a guest spot on
#thicktrunktuesday
& so, without further ado, please make it feel welcome.
#Tasmania
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Some trees deserve an encore so I’m showcasing an old friend 1 more time for this week’s
#thicktrunktuesday
. Introducing Alpine Snow Gum (E, coccifera) showing it’s true colours when it rains. What a stunner.
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A lone E, pauciflora (Snow Gum) on the Button Grass plains, Central Plateau.
#Tasmania
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Catastrophic situation unfolding in
#tasmania
with mass dieback &
#GingerTreeSyndrome
affecting Eucs.
I’m returning to see the elders E, regnans & check their pulse.
Here’s some old friends strutting their stuff in better times.
Fingers crossed right?
#thicktrunktuesday
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E, vernicosa (Varnished Gum) 1 of the rarest of eucalypts & in exposed sites is just 0.3m in height as seen here growing in peat above pre-Cambrian quartzite. L. Oberon, Western Arthur Range
#Tasmania
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Blue Skyscraper.
It’s big, old, & it knows things.
It knows it’s days are numbered.
E, regnans <>90 m (>270 ft)
#Tasmania
# Lutruwita
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One of the rarest Pines on the planet- Huon Pine (Lagarostrobus franklinii) Restricted to western Tasmania it survived the breakup of Gondwana 80m yrs ago thanks to Tasmania’s climate. One individual has been dated at 10,000 yrs old. This one is around 1,500yrs young.
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This strapping E,regnans is known as Gandalf’s Staff. It has been measured at 84.68m(280ft) & was to be felled along with it’s fellow elders for plantation timber. A huge campaign by conservationists saved them.
Celebrating conservation for today’s
#thicktrunktuesday
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And on a brighter note...
This Old Growth Forest was due to be cleared for plantation timber, but our campaign to save it worked. Very pleased to showcase these saved priceless biggies for
#thicktrunktuesday
E, delegatensis (80m) & below Myrtle Beech trunks glow.
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Cool temperate rainforest in
#Tasmania
is resistant to burning & a natural barrier to the entry of fire.
Here’s 1 example below.
And I’m happy report this precious example will prevail thanks to community action to protect it.
Some good news for…
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@GrowerOfBeauty
Thanks.
No I haven’t had any soil tested. I’m certain scientists will be on it. But they better act fast.
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Isophysis, tasmanica (Tasmanian Purple Star) a perennial lily with a striking star-like flower (up to 8cm diameter) & bright yellow anthers is restricted to the western Mtns. Seen here on the remote Western Arthur Range. Endemic to
#Tasmania
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At a place not far I walked amongst some giants today. Their fate was typical of how we treat our natural environment; we destroy it. Not this time. Thanks to some dedicated conservationists this forest has won a reprieve, hats off to all involved.
#thicktrunktuesday
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In the 20 odd yrs I’ve spent eradicating invasive species I have never read such infantile naive BS such as this.
Shall we all just chase rainbows?
Jesus would weep.
Rethinking the mantra of biodiversity: Why the past should not determine the future
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E, coccifera (Tasmanian Snow Gum)
A high altitude Euc endemic to
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is today’s special guest for
#thicktrunktuesday
.
There’s not many trees I know of that can produce high-definition colour just by adding water… in this instance rain or snow.
Bloody marvellous.
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A beautiful example of crown shyness.
Old growth E, delegatensis
( White top Gum)
& E, amygdalina
(Black Peppermint)
Co-dominant species ensure their canopies don’t tangle or overcrowd each other.
Marvellous co-operation & respect.
Everyone’s a winner.
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With uninterrupted views across 1 of the finest glacial lakes I know sits this gorgeous Snow Gum.
Elders retreat from the top down then re-bark & maintain a glorious veneer of vibrant colour.
Not many like this,
but all are achingly precious.
#thicktrunktuesday
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In
#Tasmania
Biodiversity increases with altitude. You can stand beneath the world’s tallest flowering plant (E,regnans) at 2-400m ASL, then step into some of the most beautiful & rare forests this precious planet of ours has to offer just a mere 400m above.
#thicktrunktuesday
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When big Eucalypts topple they become nursery logs for saplings of rainforest species. Myrtle & Sassafras mature drawing nutrients, eventually leaving their gripping elongated roots as a shell of the host that has long since decomposed.
#thicktrunktuesday
#Tasmania
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Just before knock-off & I’m at the edge of a stand of E, globulus (Tasmanian Blue Gum) There’s a cobalt blue sky above & the light is just right.
So make a couple of elders feel welcome for
#thicktrunktuesday
After all, they’ve waited a long time for this moment.
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Do the planet & the good folk of
#Tasmania
a big favour by not purchasing or consuming this disastrous “product”
I joined a few of the local Worthies the other day to protest at the latest government approval to expand their “business operations”
Please boycott farmed Salmon.
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Back home & back where the big trees grow.
From left a strapping E, regnans (with yours truly for scale) E, delegatensis towering over 80m, a stout, ancient E, coccifera & a magnificent E, obliqua to bookend the lot.
#thicktrunktuesday
with compliments from
#Tasmania
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Some trees look their best in the rain.
E, coccifera (Alpine Snow Gum) on windswept Wombat Moor 940m.
#Tasmania
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Locals 'horrified' as great browning spreads through forests thought to be 'invulnerable'
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Strapping Eucs of the old growth variety never go out of style, but they are being logged gradually to extinction.
But more are being saved only because people are fed up with the status quo. These elders (80m) are a few of the saved.
Happy
#thicktrunktuesday
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The World is an amazing place.
Worth keeping.
Nothofagus, cunninghamii
knows this well.
The collapse of ecosystems will not be televised.
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A true emergent punctures the rainforest canopy.
I know it’s a King Billy Pine, I’m just not prepared for it’s size & girth. How old? Perhaps a seedling when JC was knee-high to a grasshopper.
1 of the rarest Pines on earth for this week’s
#thicktrunktuesday
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I know, I know... a lot of you have seen this before but seriously is there any other eucalypt like this? My vote for
#EucalyptoftheYear
goes to perhaps the greatest Chameleon amongst them all... Alpine Snow Gum (E, coccifera) just add a little rain & ....,
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King Billy Pine (Athrotaxis selaginoides) lives for over 1,000 yrs.
#Tasmania
split from Antartica during the Cretaceous & has been dragged north by the Australian continent carrying with it a precious cargo of Gondwana flora. They won’t survive 1.5-2°c of warming.
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Old growth forests manage not only themselves, they also help manage the planet’s CO2 budget. Logic calls that sustainable.
A not highly respected (or regulated) govt logging entity re-brands itself “sustainable” & sustains the abuse logic free.
#thicktrunktuesday
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Well before compromised politicians & vested interests adopted & appropriated the terms-“Carbon capture” & “Green energy” these 75-80m titans (E,delegatensis) have been demonstrating just that for 500 yrs.
Never mind the bollocks, here’s the truth.
#thicktrunktuesday
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The future is grim for Eucs in
#tasmania
But I’ll keep my ‘Sunny side up’ for
#thicktrunktuesday
Here’s a magnificent Snow Gum (E, coccifera) I prepared earlier just to remind us all how extraordinary & beautiful these organisms are.
And what a view.
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There doesn’t appear to be anywhere left on this earth insulated from the terrifying reach of anthropogenic induced
#ClimateBoiling
In the meantime enjoy this amazing Gondwana rainforest, that I’m pleased to say, is presently still with us.
#thicktrunktuesday
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Went walking today with a friend of mine to check in on some elders we aim to protect from future logging.
Google- Friends of Franklin Forest.
& join us for a walk.
As always, we actively encourage trespassing.
You’re welcome.
#tasmania
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Just passing by.
Tiger snake (Notechis, scutatis) on it’s way somewhere.
It’s a boom yr for wildlife in
#Tasmania
with La Niña bringing high rainfall totals.
Snakes are everywhere.
Highly venomous but more likely to avoid crossing paths with humans.
I’ll watch my step anyway.
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At 900m ASL, this King Billy Pine (Athrotaxis selaginoides)
has spent near 1,000 yrs edging into pole position to win a front row seat looking out on some of the finest waterfront real estate this blue planet can offer.
Just takes a little time.
#thicktrunktuesday
#Tasmania
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Cleanse your timeline for a moment with these silent beauties that whisper deep sighs in the breeze on the high plains.
Can’t get enough of Tasmanian Snow Gums (E,coccifera) under autumn skies in
#tasmania
Wishing you all a happy
#thicktrunktuesday
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@nomorebananas
Yes. Record low rainfall for yrs, hotter & drier than normal. The trees can’t cope anymore. Winter makes no difference.
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This thumping great elder E, globulus stands 80m tall (>240ft)
1 of the largest OG globulus left in the (already decimated) Sth’n forests of
#Tasmania
If not for the efforts of a few who discovered it, it would have been cleared for yet more plantations.
#thicktrunktuesday
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Looking up to those who look down upon us.
High altitude Acacia,dealbata
(Silver Wattle)
750m ASL
Their trunks woolly with lichen.
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My first clue is the disheveled look of bark.
I step up close & study the upper limbs.
The “decorative” bands are not by design.
More the telling signs of terminal decline.
The haemorrhaging will stain the lower trunk an apocalyptic glow.
Death is soon guaranteed.
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A short walk through the tall forest.
Let’s go..,
E,regnans (75-80m)
Celery Top Pine (25-30m)
E, delegatensis (75-80m)
Myrtle Beech (30m)
A Mixed Forest with Rainforest understory & high rainfall maintains a fire resistant ecosystem for centuries.
#thicktrunktuesday
#Tasmania
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Introducing some stout Gondwana relics for
#thicktrunktuesday
Athrotaxis, cupressoides (Pencil Pine)
Best suited to damp, cold & occasional snowbound environments between 700-1100m asl in the only place on earth where it exists…
#Tasmania
Lives for over 1,000 yrs.
Remarkable.
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70% of the planet is covered by water but only 1% is available as fresh water.
Not many rivers left unpolluted, dammed, engineered or un- contaminated.
The Franklin River a few kms downstream from it’s headwaters on the central Plateau.
One of the last of its kind.
#tasmania
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An ensemble of Mrytle Beech (Nothofagus cunninghamii) elders hidden deep in rainforest are worthy of some exposure for
#thicktrunktuesday
One of my favourite trees in
#Tasmania
& always photogenic. Lutruwita
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Richea pandanifolia (Pandani) a Gondwana relic is endemic to Tasmania, it’s also the tallest flowering Heath plant in the world reaching up to 12m in height. It’s in flower now. Here’s a few I came across today.
#Tasmania
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A full moon tonight.
Good evening from ‘The Farm’ Southern Highlands, NSW.
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200kms apart 2 different species of Eucs literally tear themselves apart in rapid fashion.
Ever seen this before?
Neither have I.
But it’s real & it’s our everyday reality.
E, delegatensis & E ,obliqua displaying the consequences of ecological overreach.
Shit.
#tasmania
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Please avoid purchasing Tasmanian Atlantic Salmon. Richard Flanagan’s book ‘Toxic’ is recommended reading.
If Scandinavian countries can farm Salmon in ponds on land then why can’t we? Thanks for reading.
#Tasmania
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Recently
I had the privilege of working beneath this magnificent beast for near 2yrs & thought it the most photogenic of any E,regnans I came across.
74m high with classical buttressing & symmetry it was featured in the film ‘The Nightingale’
#thicktrunktuesday
#Tasmania
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The Old Guard are an handsome bunch & the camera agrees.
Nothofagus, cunninghamii
(Myrtle Beech)
#thicktrunktuesday
#Tasmania
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Deep into the Rainforest along this old track I found it amongst the Mrytle & leatherwood. Reaching near 30m this strapping Huon Pine took my breath away. Life expectancy is around 2,000+ yrs & this one has another 500-800 yrs before retirement.
#thicktrunktuesday
#Tasmania
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