Thread: Spotted Gum

Chris, have you ever been to Kew, south of Port Macquarie? Not far from the forest road there is a finger board pointing to "Australia's Largest Trees". I can't recall the species but about 100 yards in on the walking trail you go past absolute monsters!!! When you finally find "the big one" its actually had to just take in how BIG it really is. Its diameter (Guessing now, its been a while since I was last there) would be 15 metres. Yep 15 metres. They say that when Captain Cook sailed by in 1770 it was a mature tree. There is a whole grove of these big fellas.They seem to grow straight up to about 30 metres then have a small canopy displaying large/big branches that have be snapped off over time. It tends to make one feel quite insignificant next to them

Out of interest where's this tree located?

Originally Posted by BobL

Out of interest where's this tree located?

Hi Bob

Located at Termeil in New South Wales

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Originally Posted by chambezio

Chris, have you ever been to Kew, south of Port Macquarie? Not far from the forest road there is a finger board pointing to "Australia's Largest Trees". I can't recall the species but about 100 yards in on the walking trail you go past absolute monsters!!! When you finally find "the big one" its actually had to just take in how BIG it really is. Its diameter (Guessing now, its been a while since I was last there) would be 15 metres. Yep 15 metres. They say that when Captain Cook sailed by in 1770 it was a mature tree. There is a whole grove of these big fellas.They seem to grow straight up to about 30 metres then have a small canopy displaying large/big branches that have be snapped off over time. It tends to make one feel quite insignificant next to them

Hi Rod

No haven't been there but sounds like a place to visit!

Just wonderful to see these living giants

Makes you wonder how they avoided the axemans wroth all those years ago

I guess they had a huge choice back then and only selected the very best to fell

Thanks for posting your thoughts mate

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Amazing. How old do you reckon that one might be Log Dog?

Originally Posted by mannetje

Amazing. How old do you reckon that one might be Log Dog?

'Old Blotchy' (as it is known by) is estimated to be skyward of 400 years old!

Can only imagine the figure within

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