ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Lovely Heather. Describes Bright well I'd say. A beautiful part of Australia, not to be missed in autumn.
Cheers
Sue

..do we have acorns in Australia Heather?....

Yeah nice picture.

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Thank you Sue, Matt and Dave. It's one of the prettiest parts of the country and the dogwood would have to be one of the most gorgeous trees I've ever seen in flower. To see Bright when the dogwood is out is magic.

Ross we have oak trees so where there's oaks there are acorns. In fact I have some on my kitchen table waiting to plant. The pub where I work is called the Royal Oak Hotel and there is an oak tree out the back.

The dogwood. This one in the cemetery in the Buckland Valley not far from Bright.

The Ovens Valley from Mt. Buffalo with Porepunkah in the distance. October 2008. I flew over there on my return from Newcastle last year and could clearly make out Mt. Buffalo and Porepunkah - it was brilliant.

...I wasn't trying to be a smarty pants Heather, I know we have what we call oak trees in Australia, we have the majestic desert oaks out here but they don't have acorns, nor do the black or bull oaks that frequent the Eyre Peninsular where I grew up, they all have more of a cone, similar to a pine cone rather than an acorn....dunno, just interested that is all, I must have a look around when I get some spare time and see if I can clarify that.

A nice little poem by the way....

Hiya Heather - that is a lovely poem and as you say the dogwoods are beautiful

Agree with Ross re the acorns - not sure I have ever seen them here - our oaks in Queensland are different to the oaks I remember as a kid in UK and I used to love collecting the acorns, that reminded me of lovely brown eggs in little cups -the squirrels always loved them. Being a cooler climate perhaps you have the English variety down there. They do grow Red and White oaks out here just not sure where specifically - seem to remember one of the winemakers at Stanthorpe talking about oak casks used for wine storage being made in Australia

Great photos by the way

Cheers

Maureen

Ross I didn't for a minute think you were being a smarty pants! I just assumed that you didn't have acorns or oak trees in Alice Springs! I'm guessing here but I would think they might need a cooler climate which is why you don't see them too far north. They are a beautiful shady tree but very slow growing - you really plant them for the next generation.

Our native "oaks" are not oaks at all (Quercus is the genus for English Oak from memory). I have some She-Oaks in my driveway and they are casuarinas - messy critters they are!

Heather

PS A quick bit of research shows the desert oak is :- Allocasuarina decaisneana

Thanks Maureen..