The twisting pattern of the bark on this tree held my attention long enough for me to decide to photograph it today.
The twisting pattern of the bark on this tree held my attention long enough for me to decide to photograph it today.
Flying in and out of Mount Gambier over plantation pine forests, I don’t expect to see a sight like this. A Celtic cross planted by one man in a forest in Ireland. We may never know why, the person responsible has died. From Atlas Obscura.
Mount Gambier is surrounded by pine forests. There are some eucalypt forests as well. This post on Today I Found Out is about what demarcates the difference between hardwood and softwood. Apparently the Janka Hardness Test is the common scale for determining the hardness of various types of wood. It also reveals (in a qualified …
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