Eucalyptus

Revelations

TWO SOLD THREE REMAINING. Another photograph of the Sydney Bluegums at Ingalalla on the Fleurieu Peninsula south of Adelaide.

Natures Palette

TWO SOLD, THREE REMAINING. A photograph of a lemon-scented gum, Corymbia citriodora, taken on the Waite Campus of The University of Adelaide. This estate, bequeathed to the University by early pastoralist Peter Waite, houses some beautiful historic trees in it’s arboretum. Lemon-scented gums shed their bark each summer. Little blisters appear, then burst and peel up, revealing shades of beetroot, caramel, asparagus and lime. In the end it all drops off to reveal it’s characteristic smoothe creamy coat.

January's art

ONE SOLD, FOUR REMAINING. Lemon-scented gum (Corymbia citriodora)

Parchment

FOUR SOLD, ONE REMAINING. A river redgum begins to soak up the first rains in a long while. Eucalyptus camaldulensis.

Underwear

Silky smoothe in pastels, the new bark of Eucalyptus utilis, another Western Australian species.

Rain fresh

ONE SOLD, FOUR REMAINING. A photograph of a Sydney Bluegum, Eucalyptus saligna, a tall forest tree of the eastern seaboard from south of Sydney up to Toowoomba and north in Queensland. The bark tends to be rough or persistent near the base but smooth higher up. This photograph was taken in a small forestry planting at Ingalalla on the Fleurieu Peninsula south of Adelaide. I have visited this avenue of trees many times, always with wonder at the changing texture and colours of the bark. It is never the same on any two visits.

Striptease

TWO SOLD, THREE REMAINING. A photograph of a Gimlet, Eucalyptus salubris, taken on the western end of the Eyre Highway in Western Australia. This iconic species is widespread in the drier parts of south-west Western Australia where it is well known for its beautiful smooth cinnamon and copper coloured bark, revealed each year when the old bark peels off.

Redgum Road - western Victoria

ONE SOLD FOUR REMAINING - A quiet redgum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) tree tunnel near Wannon Falls in western Victoria.

Redgum road - Barossa Valley

On a misty August morning a minior road in the Barossa Valley looks like a view into the past when transport was by horse and cart. Unfortunately many of our fine redgum aveneues and tree tunnels are being systematically removed in the name of road safety. I am trying to record as many as I can before they all disappear.

The axehandles

Brown mallet (Eucalyptus astringens) is a tough timber tree from Western Australia. The toughness of the wood made it suitable for axe and shovel handles and extracts from the bark were used for in the tanning industry. Photographed in a plantation in Dryandra Forest in Western Australia.

Bark and leaves, Sydney blue gum

ONE SOLD FOUR REMAINING - A collection of shed bark and leaves from the Sydney blue gum (Eucalyptus saligna). Second Valley forest reserve, SA.

Marri

ONE SOLD FOUR REMAINING - The marri (Corymbia ficifolia) from Western Australia has some of the largest “gumnuts” of all the species but its caps are papery and flimsy. Here I have collected the nuts and juxtaposed them with the flowers collected from the same tree, placed inside the nuts.

Karri leaf on the Shannon

SOLD OUT - A karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) leaf floats effortlessly along the Shannon River in Western Australia. The myriad of colours and textures one single gumtree can have never ceases to amaze me. Imagine this enormous tree with every leaf just that little bit different.

Karri forest floor

TWO SOLD THREE REMAINING - I always think that any colour you can think up can be found in nature. These leaves have been shed from the karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) and marri (Corymbia calophylla) above. Shannon River National Park, Western Australia.

Lemon-flowered Gum

ONE SOLD, FOUR REMAINING. Eucalyptus woodwardii, a common street tree originating from the arid south-east of Western Australia. These caps were collected from a tree at the Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta and photographed on the desert sand the following day.

Utilis, Campaspe, Eremophila

The caps of three contrasting eucalyptus species, all of which herald from Western Australia.

Boob rain

TWO SOLD, THREE REMAINING. The tiny (4mm) opercula (caps) of redgum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) trees suddenly fall like a shower if rain, with many trees seemingly synchronising their flowering down to the hour and producing a carpet on the ground. These tiny caps started me on this particular photographic journey