Bunya Pine - Belair NP

This Bunya Pine is one of the 6 significant trees planted in the park in 1895.

For the extra photo I am sharing a closeup of the patterning of the trunk. I love this new little Olympus camera, as it is so easy to fine tune exposure compensation (such as shooting against the sky) while you are actually composing the picture.

In the foreground you can see the cricket pavilion.

"Of all the striking aspects of the subtropical regions of Australia’s east coast, the landforms, the climate, the exotic fauna… few offer as immediately impressive a sight as a fully mature Bunya pine. Reaching a recorded height of 45m, with trunks like a sauropod’s leg and sporting cones bigger than a bowling ball, few things say ancient like a Bunya Pine."