@podbros It is the earliest hint of spring here, but August is when we get to see a fair few native plants blossom. The first tree in the above post is another Acacia (wattle), the Australian Blackwood, Acacia melanoxylon. They can grow very into a very big tree in ideal rainforest conditions, and are a very good structural building and furniture wood (see my table below). Acacia melanoxylon - Wikipedia Cheers Tony
Love the stoves, I have the Optimus Hiker Plus. A great little stove which will run on just about any fuel.
A walk to the top of Mt William As I said above, Mt William is really a hillock, but it is the highest point in this part of the north east of Tasmania. Wood fungus. The view from the top looking to the north east. Lichen floss. Tasmanian Devil scat. This eucalyptus tree is still very much alive having been severely burnt a few decade ago: The tree continues to grow. And of course one needs to include an obligatory Wombat photo. We had a great trip! Cheers Tony
@Rangie I’ll see if I can dig out an old “badger” (wombat) recipe from the early European settlers. Tony
I have heard that to cook and eat a wombat the following recipe is the preferred one by the old timers of yesteryear. Kill the wombat, usually a shot to the head with a large caliber gun. Skin the beast, this is preferable but not mandatory. Prepare the carcass by removing the organs and lungs. This is advisable. Put 4 clay house bricks into a large stewing pot. Put into the pot prepared vegetables of choice and add salt and pepper to taste. Place the gutted and cleaned wombat carcass onto the bricks. Cover the carcass with water and bring to the boil slowly. Boil the contents for a minimum of 8 hours. Serving Ladle some of the juices into a plate and add one of the cooked house bricks. Bon appetite! This recipe serves 4 people. Cheers Pete
Accrington Noro bricks are very hard engineering bricks. They were used for the foundations of Blackpool Tower and the Empire State Building. Read more here Accrington brick - Wikipedia
Woops! That table of mine I showed above is not Blackwood! It is Tasmanian Myrtle, Nothofagus cunninghamii. Tony
@Rangie He was a 19th Century English botanist who did a lot of work in Australia: Cunningham, Allan - botanical collector Cheers Tony
Both useful trees but they don’t speak so highly of the Wattle which seems to be a bit too vigorous? Its interfering with our drains! Pest! I wonder if there are places over here where I can see these and others from the Southern Hemisphere? I did a quick look but couldn’t get past the corporate bull that wants to sell you stuff All I want is a list of trees? (this is turning into a rant) I have a friend (Friend! Football Friend! Best Friend!) who is a tree surgeon, I will ask him
Thanks Tony.. that’ll take some planning but probably worth it There’s an arboretum near Hereford that has some examples of Nothofagus including a dombeyi(i) planted in a good year so may head there first.. that’s a little way off from here as well I love trees but trying to learn Latin names isn’t my bag at all.. even common plant names leave me flummoxed
