I have a confession to make. I possess a profound and abiding love and respect for trees.
Occasionally I encounter trees that are so expressive I’m prompted to imagine them having personalities and histories and life stories. It’s usually the older trees — the big ones with branches like arms and hands and fingers, or bark that’s a bit like skin, or trunks-like bodies that sometimes expand a little at the base like feet. When I find a big old tree like that, if I’m alone, I rest my hand up against its bark and silently acknowledge its presence.
When I was living in the Kimberley, I heard lots of names for the Boab: it was commonly referred to as the “upside down tree” , and the “Tree of Life” . The local Aboriginal name for it was larrkardi. Boabs are sacred to several Indigenous cultures in the Kimberley. The Boab nuts are high in Vitamin C and the leaves in iron, and Aboriginal people have traditionally used the nuts, leaves, roots, and seeds as nutritious food and for medicines.
Almost all Australian native trees are evergreens. There are only four types of deciduous trees that are native to Australia: the Boab tree, two species of Cedar, the Flame Tree, and a very special Beech tree: the Fagus , which puts on a stunning autumnal display before dropping all its leaves in anticipation of cold winter weather.
We have a very special native tree where I live: the Snow Gum . I live in a small town called Bright, at the foothills of the Victorian Alps, and every year, our local mountains are transformed by snow.
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