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burnt

campfire scar CB

burnt internally - Boonery

burnt branch tear? TB

old fireplace W

possum tree - fire at base to smoke it out

fireplace burns

burnt pine close CB

fire at base to force possum up the trunk

charcoal rub hole? R

possum tree or oven close up

fireplace scar with supplejack

old fire Goorie

old campfire scar close up TB

big campfire scar

deep triangular fireplace burn CB

fireplace hollow burn W

ash protection o/nite fire scar

big campfire scar with internal trunk burns TB

spot burns for charcoal?

old fireplace burn scar grown up tree

unknown redgum burn TB

recently burnt scartree R

oven or possum tree CB

fireplace scarring Nardoo

stunning burnt scar - love it FL

tall fire scar FL

old fireplace charcoal rub tree CB

burnt hollow possum extraction scar SP

patchy burnt fireplace standard

campfire scar K

another possum tree Kraka

complicated campfire burns TB

burnt scar with termite nest

singed campfire coolamon SP

serpent tree with chimney

fireplace tree MW

inside abcission burn - for charcoal?

burnt hollow possum extraction scar Goorie

old burnt fire standard G

big campfire was here G

spot burn unknown

big old oven perhaps? T

burnt fireplace coolamon G

gnarly old fireplace fella W

nice fireplace burns Wallangilla

deep burnt fireplace tree WG

almost totally burnt out base WG

standard with burns WG

big & burnt Wallagilla

deep spot burn WB

CS big scarred campfire tree

possum tree burnt hollow

Possum tree perhaps Warrambool

charcoal bowl Keero

A - burnt from the inside

old campfire Mooroo

old burnt fire standard

typical possum tree Bimber

RT big burnt fire box scar

RT old scarred fire box

RT fireplace scartree

RT small firebox funnel

RT funnel firebox

RT close up firebox

RT internally burnt

RT burnt firebox scartree

RT smaller firebox chimney

RT big old scarred firebox

RT scartree firebox

RT scarred firebox

RT tall firebox chimney

funny little campfire burn

big concave campfire WG

ancient ashtray - Moonal

old campsite here

smoke chimney Keero

old fireplace TB

lovely burnt one Nardoo

frilly fireplace scar TB

old campfire coolie WB

unusual fireplace scar WB

campfire scar Moonal

big internally burnt tree

campfire scar with axcut

big internally burnt boxtrees with reshoots

big campfire tree K

possum tree perhaps R

lovely standard fireplace SP

spot burn and scorching SP

another possum extraction tree? SP

fire coolamon close A

spot burn in Boonery

closing standard firescarred tree

spotburns unknown reason N

great fire standard type

serpent fire scarring with chimney

old firelpace tree TB

campfire coolamon Goorie

gorgeous burnt one close

long fire scar getting squeezed out

burnt scarring ...old F2

beautiful black arrow P

somebody rested their firestick right here

spot burn close P

campfire scarring WB

coolamon then campfire tree W

tall burnt old scar WB

fireplace scar Warrambool

possum tree probably

deep fireplace scar WB

tall pointy burnt WB

possum tree I think WB

burn rub close up WB

crazy tree burnt side WB

smokestack unknown

burnt out scar arch WB

old fireplace WB

firestick scorching WB

burns & whiteants WB

layers & burns WB

old fireplace scar Kraka

burnt old box scar in Shed

burnt ground coolie Kraka

old burnt gnarled one WG

burnt deep twisted WG

burnt pumpkin revisited P

fireplace scarring close

fireplace scar in Moonal

campfire coolamon

V.old possum tree burns

burnt bottomed standard

lovely burn scar WB

spot burn scar WB

big campfire scarring WB

high charcoal rubs?

old lightening strike scar P

BR possum, tree

lovely charcoal rub scar F2

campfire burn scar WB

Burns & charcoal rubs WB

old coolie old burns WB

fireplace scar WB

high charcoal rub WB

fireplace scar Warrambool

fire scar & resulting Epi.

old fire scar WB

wonderful campfire scarring WB

nice old fireplace scar WB

charcoal rub Warrambool

magnificent fireplace scar

campfire scar Warrambool

campfire scar WB

classic possum extraction tree

V.old fireplace scar WB

old fireplace triple Antigar

burnt out scar in country

pine tree campfire scar C

perfect fireplace scar CB

fireplace scarring old CB

classic campfire scar CB

excellent possum extraction scar K

big fireplace tree west side

twisted campfire scar W

fire scarring Warrambool

ashes left under protective trees for breakfast fires

Allan with strange burn W

very old campfire scar C

old fireplace scar F2

fireplace double Goori

charcoal rub from past campfires C

old campfire scar & Epi

half closed campfire scar M

spot burns on fire scar

fireplace scar Merrywinbah

burn scar - very old I think

V.old campfire scarring

big old camp fire scar W

old fireplace scar WG

weird fireplace scarring side 2

weird fireplace scarring side 1

old campfire scar ? M

king of the campfire scars & Kit

old campfire scar Keero

complicated campfire scar

campfire scar & kit-Keero

huge campfire scar in profile

very old fireplace scar B

wave burn charcoal tree G

campfire burn close TB

under branch fire scarring

special charcoal rub tree TB

deep dark campfire scar TB

campfires have scarred this tree for centuries

campfire burn scar & epi

fireplace scar in Priest

old campfire scarring TB

big old fireplace scar TB

big campfire scar TB

fireplace & ashtray scar K

king of the fire scars revisited

RT Y shaped campfire scar

RT fire doubles up & down

RT tall campfire standard

RT fireplace scar very old

RT fireplace scar & epi

BR redgum canoe scar turned oven?

BR campfire scarring

fireplace scar Brigalow

old campfire scar Brigalow

old campfire scarring G

big fireplace scar TB

half closed firescarring - very old TB

pine campfire scar TB

shallow fire scar Telinebone

axtrax on a burn scar G

charcoal rub revisit C

old fireplace scar Cumbul

firestick holding fork G

campfire scarring Goorie

FW battered campfire scar

FW horizontal fire scar

FW large fireplace scar

FW campfire scarring

FW campfire tree full face

campfire tree burnt inside

firestick resting tree G

spot burns + carving G

CS fireplace not so old

CS old campfire scarring

CS twisted campfire scar

CS crazy firescarring

CS fireplace scarring

CS v.old campfire scarring

big fireplace scar revisit G

NB hollow fire scarring

NB big old campfire scar

NB fireplace scarring

NB huge fireplace shelter scar

NB falling face fire scar

NB large fireplace scar

NB extensive fire related dieback

deliberate scorching ? G

NB massive firescarring

NB campfire coolamon

NB see through burn scar

GY coolabah campfire tree

fallen face campfire scar TB

GY coolabah campfire tree

GY ring of fire

GY fireplace scarring

GY campfire scar

A Ring tree close with burn

A internally burnt stump

A strange cultural burning

A old firescarring

charcoal harvesting N

old fireplace scar M

fireplace scar Warrambool

fallen face fireplace scar

campfire scar Warrambool

triangle campfire scar WG

fireplace scar very old WG

A see thru campfire scar

A strange fireplace scars

fireplace tree Wallangilla

fallen face campfire scar

A fireplace scarring

A fire scars on tank bank

A campfire scarring

A campfire scarring

A fireplace scarring

A wild fireplace scarring

A internally burnt tree

A old internally burnt tree

A old fireplace

A layered campfire scarring

A patch burns unknown

A very old fire tree

A unknown patch burns ?

A campfire coolie & Epi.

A big campfire scar

A fireplace scarring

A inside burn chimney

G scar me a river

G campfire scarring

G inside burnt coolabah

G unusual campfire scars

A full tree campfire scar

G campfire scarring

G very old campfire tree

G fire funnel close

G campfire scar

G Y shaped fire scarring

G very old campfire tree

G charcoal rub scar

squeezed out fire scar C

old campfire scar Cumbul

G very old fire standard

A fireplace scarring

A campfire scar + axcut

A charcoal rub tree

G fireplace scarring

RT big old campfire scar

RT campfire scarring

RT campfire scarring

RT old fireplace scarring

RT the one that got away

RT old campfire burn scar

RT spot burn /branding scar

RT fireplace standard

RT burl frilled fire formed

G possum tree ?

G beseeching burn scar

G low hoop campfire tree

G old fireplace scarring

G old fireplace scarring

G old fireplace scarring

G big old campfire scar

RT old fireplace scar

BH big internal burn 4

BH possum extraction tree?

RT Allan + big old campfire

BH big fireplace scarring

BH very old fireplace

BH campfire scarring

BH big old fireplace

BH fireplace scarring

BH firescarring + coolie

BH campfire scarring

BH big internally burnt 2

G firestick rest tree fork

G internal burning

G old campfire tree

G old spot burns

CMT branch burn bend M

G forlorn fireplace tree

campfire arch Sth view W

G fireplace multiscarring

G fire scarring with funnel

G old charcoal rub tree

G cuts'n'burns'n'stuff CMT

G fireplace with axcut

G spot burn - charcoal rub?

G V.old campfire scarring

classic possum tree

campfire scar & funnel WB

old burn scar with axcuts

fallen face fireplace scar 2

burnt pine stump- cooking ?

old campfire burn revisit

FW charcoal rub stump

RT burnt thru ring close

burnt pine charcoal rub CB

pine charcoal rub Cumbul

A campfire burn scar

A diamond spot burn far

A diamond spot burn close

A campfire scarring

FW firestick burns

FW campfire scarring

V.old fireplace burn P

whiteanted burn scar in Priest

possible campfire scarring P

Carol-Phil-Allan under the big burnt fella TB

big campfire scarred box & visitors TB

cracker campfire birthday party tree S

A charcoal rub/totem revisit

A old fireplace

A charcoal rub coolabah

A another charcoal rub

CS coolabah camp oven

old campfire scar grown up the tree WB

L big old campfire scarring

L old campfire scars

There was a campfire set here

this scar was probably caused by a campfire

L scarring caused by small campfire

L obviously a fireplace scar

L big old campfire multiscarring

someone set their campfire here long ago

CS campfire concave strip

CS multiscarring prob. caused by campfire

RT firestick stamp scar

Rt interesting burn scar

RT belah tree campfire scar

RT fireplace scar

fire funnel or firestick rest?

CV fireplace scar

CV fallen fireplace tree

old fireplace along the Ginghet

KW campfire burn scar

KW burnt out center tree

KW campfire tree

Barwon river coolabah fireplace

charcoal rub tree in Stud

big campfire tree at Menindee lakes

big patchy burn scar in Warrambool

internally burnt coolabah - for feasts & gatherings A

high up fire scarring

funny face - spot burns

charcoal rub tree at Spillbury

big campfire here

lovely old fireplace tree in Stud

wailwun campfire

typical campfire tree protecting tomorrow's ashes

triangular style fireplace tree

fire scarred & diseased but hanging in there ..

This old campfire tree has a resident goanna I think

burnt out fire scarred tree

BH whiteanted fire scar

MR coolabah apple fireplace in the sandhill

axcut on strange burnt coolamon

campfire burn scar in Cumbul

burnt coolabah where a firestick rested

this coolabah has a burnt centre stump & a guest Currant bush

pointy fireplace scar

charcoal rub scar in Avon

charcoal rub tree in Boonery

very black burn scar in Avon

big long campfire scar

big burnt out stump in Avon - cultural

360 base burn at Avon - grass fire?

complicated inside burn scar at Avon

internally burnt coolabah

'the smoker' - big old directional/ pointer box WG

face fallen old fireplace scar

very old deliberate fire scarring at Goorie camp

Wailwun charcoal rub

wailwun center bole burning - very old

more centre bole burning on wailwun country

burnt blackbox stump Wailwun style

big campfire blackbox

small fireplace blackbox

weird wobbly standard sized - fire related

big campfire tree with epicormic reshoots

Allan with fire scarred trunk on big box tree P

big fireplace or cooking tree in Stud

big burnt bottomed coolabah TB

unusual spot burn coolamon

this wonderful scar was caused by a campfire at the base long ago

underside of camp tree with fireplace scarring - revisit WG

charcoal rub tree

fallen charcoal rub tree in Wallangilla

coolabah burnt from the inside at Avon

firestick holding hole?

surface bark burns around firestick holding hole?

firestick branding - double imprint

inside job - internally burnt coolabah in Avon

campfire standard with crazy epicormic shoots - Psydrax camp TB

pine oven in the Telinebone sandhills

campfire tree 2nd sandhill TB

I think this campfire tree is also a charcoal rub tree TB

a campfire here kept people warm/ protected the coals long before Cook

strange charcoal rub scar at Cuddie springs

somebody had a fireplace blazing here

big Wallangilla campfire scar possibly seen before

i think this is a fireplace scar that became diseased with canker

somebody cooked something here a long time ago

old campfire scarring at Cuddie

and here as well ...

internally burnt coolabah on Avon

charcoal rub or lightning strike?

wobbly edged campfire coolamon T

deep fireplace formed scar T

firestick burns/ brands at the top of a very big scar - interesting T

campfire coolabah Tungra

old fireplace was here scarring T

and here! burnt based coolabah T

another shallow scorched fire tree T

something was cooked inside this internally burnt box tree T

this long underside scar was also caused by a campfire T

there was a a very big campfire here a very long time ago T

fireplace tree T

the campfire here caused that epicormic shoot

interesting dual purpose tree - half scarred half burnt P

same tree from a different angle

patch burnt stump with a gargaloo vine growing out of it

possum extraction tree

big campfire scar T3

fireplace scar with epicormic shoots T3

slanted scarred campfire tree to protect the ashes

big scar caused by a fireplace at the base

campfire standard T4

large campfire related scarring

there was a big fireplace here a very long time ago T4

some gomeroi people had a campfire here too

this burnt scarface is being pushed out of its tree T4

burnt bubble sided fire scarring T4

possum extract tree with unusually high chimney T4

culturally burnt pine beside memorial CMTinT T4

some people camped here a long time ago

possum/ goanna hunting- fire at the base smokes the game up & out

people camped here in the wet a long time ago

cypress pine oven T5

people rubbed charcoal off this burnt stump to use in medicines

there was a fireplace here as well

somebody stayed warm here a long time ago

scartrees burn like this - ie the face goes black

old dead campfire scar

this long scar was caused by a fireplace at the base

lovely long campfire scar

some people built a fire here a long time ago

big dead fire related scar

hard to believe this is a fire place scar - very tall

charcoal rub oven

possum tree - fire used to smoke out the resident possum

a fireplace up against the trunk caused this scar

this is what happens when you leave the "oven" on ...

Wailwun people camped here long ago

also here & all along the Ginghet when it ran ..

they lit a fire here under this big black box to keep their ashes dry

the fireplace here burnt all the way thru the tree

And caused scarring almost up to the top of the tree

this fire was probably set inside an old scar tree on the Ginghet

the fire tree is still alive - pretty neat eh?

someone protected their ashes under this old coolabah

this scarring is also fire related

this tree may have been used as an oven years ago

check out the damage caused to this old coolabah by fire

not bushfire but campfire - the eucalypts here had to be tough to survive

there was a fireplace here too long ago

This scar is fire related too but may have had subsequent "enhancing"

burnt funnel on a blackbox - possum hunting

some one kept their ashes dry here a long time ago

and here - the charcoal has been used. There is also a firestick brand above

people cooked fish feasts in this big box tree on the Ginghet

this burnt boxtree is a songline marker

more charcoal harvesting on the Ginghet

the central box trunk has been burnt out here resulting in huge reshoots

burnt central stump with charcoal rub

somebody cooked something here a long time ago

and here? same tree with 2 different burn sites - ceremonial?

burnt Budda tree - deliberate & precise

more special hollow trunk burns - why did they do this?

here they have blackened the old ground coolamon only

and here they have rubbed away the charcoal

charcoal rub scar

this burnt out stump is an inside job ...

this campfire scar is so old it has almost closed

a fire set at the base of this tree has caused this scar & the epicormic shoots

a charcoal rub tree was de rigueur at most camps

there has been a fireplace at the base of this tree too

someone lit a campfire up against this tree. Someone else cut into the scars with a stone axe

there was another campfire set here many years ago ...

internally burnt coolabah in special area Avon

Its not known why the burnt trees here from the inside

this practice is common here. Its also done with box trees on the neighbours

this burn scarring along the Ginget is symbolic - meaning what?

the top end of a big old campfire burn scar along the Ginghet

this tall strip scar was probably also caused by dieback after campfire at the base

firestick branding unknown reason

internal burns = campfire tree

another campfire tree - this 1 has a nepine vine suckered inside

deliberate firestick burn scar on dead double looped coolabah

fireplace standard in Warrambool

campfire scarred coolamon

exceptional campfire scarring in Wallangilla

charcoal rub tree - these are found around many camps

close up of this culturally burnt tree on the Mungeroo

patch burn from a firestick - leaving a message?

big fire scar created where ashes were protected from bad weather

big burnt scar at Billybingbone rd camp

fireplace scar on the Marra paleochannel

there was a wailwun campfire set here a very long time ago

inside job - big old boxtree burnt from the inside - cultural

big old campfire burn showing all the termite soil inside the tree

charcoal rub tree along the Ginghet

firestick holder or temporary oven?

charcoal was used in different medicinal mixtures

charcoal tree - charcoal used in many medicines & poultices

another charcoal tree at Cumberdoon way/ Gungalman

this scar has scorched patches probably caused by a campfire

Leon under a huge fireplace tree - kept the ashes alight overnight.

this big scar was also caused by a campfire at the base - BBB rd

charcoal rub tree Goorie

this scar was caused by a campfire lit at the base

this faceless coolamon is scorched inside - probably extracting possums

EVERY camp has a charcoal rub tree - for medicinal purposes

internally burnt scar in the TCS

charcoal rub tree on the Spillbury boundary

fire stick holder tree at Spillbury - I guess you would need to rest?

internally burnt stump with very old axtrax

strange trunk edge charcoal rub perhaps?

spot burns in an area full of cultural burning - Ginghet reserve

spot burnt scar - uncommon & intriguing

these 2 internally burnt pines? have a funeral feel - possibly cremation sites?

did the fire cause the tree to twist? How did they prevent the outside from burning?

perhaps the pine tree was already scarred? Special camp place ..

the anthropological origins of this TinT is proven by the patch burn

this scarface has been scorched for some reason

charcoal rub stump near the Ginghet

someone set their campfire up against this tree to protect the ashes

spot burns on an old fire linked coolamon - Ginghet

big burnt out pine oven in the sand slice

old fireplace scar in the sandslice

burnt out box with coolamon - which came first?

2 sides of a charcoal rub stump GNR - charcoal harvesting

this campfire scarred coolabah has put out an epicormic shoot

another fire scar at the base of this coolabah on the neighbours

another charcoal rub tree at the Wilga vale house tank camp GNR

campfire scarring in Wee Wally

complicated fireplace scarring with protruding axe burl

somebody set a fire at the base of this box tree a long time ago ...

and at this old coolabah - 2 pics 2 different angles

old & unusual fire related scar with 2 epicormic shoots I think

very old campfire scarring - dead box swamp

fire set deep within the trunk to protect the ashes/ coals

campfire scar with charcoal rubs or fallen scarface flecks

big scar from a small campfire at the bottom?

lovely campfire scar - terrible photo - Wilga vale

another big campfire scar but this one is long dead

and this one - all in the dead box swamp at Wilga vale GNR

This one is scorched but the box tree has recovered

2 views of a pine tree stump used for charcoal at the next camp

more fireplace scarring I think GNR

old fireplace scar in Avon

this campfire nearly killed the tree

charcoal rub tree in Minoru along the Ginghet GNR

charcoal was used when mixing medicinal blends - Allo Tighe

a less dramatic charcoal rub tree in Avon

someone rested their firestick in the fork of this coolabah

here is another view - accidentally killed the small coolabah I think

colours of the bush - deliberately burnt stump GNR

charcoal rub tree

campfire tree Avon

burnt possum tree with resident echidna - still eating whiteants in winter?

someone protected their coals here a very long time ago TB

2 views of a possum tree. Fire set in the base of this coolabah

this is more a cultural burn possibly a firestick resting site

mid tree fire scar - cooktop?

someone built their fire at the base of this box a long time ago

someone laid their fire here too - home hearth or travellers?

this campfire was set much earlier as the scar has grown up with tree

this fire scar was older still because its further up the tree & almost closed

campfire scar on an occupied tree

somebody cooked up a feast in this old coolabah a long time ago

here is the centre oven - cooking up some fish along the Ginghet?

this scar looks fire related as well but is a long way off the ground?

someone definitely set a campfire under this coolabah

this campfire tree is at the GG camp, Cumborah

very old fireplace scarring gali gurranaa

a campfire was set here too, you can still see the charcoal on the scarface

2 views of a classic campfire scar at GG camp Cumborah

old fireplace scar I think Gali gurranaa

this old campfire scarred box is home to some native or feral creature

something calls this fireplace scartree home

the big saddle burl on this coolabah would be fire related

spot burns on a dead coolabah GNR - 2 views

someone has cooked something here a long time ago GNR

and in here more recently. Cooking fish along the Ginghet ...

another spot burn close up - for unknown reasons

someone forgot to turn the oven off ... Ginghet Nature Reserve

this big coolabah has arisen from the ashes of a much older coolabah

here are 2 other views of this phoenix tree - there is another not far away

big fireplace scarring along the Ginghet

charcoal rub coolabah with a difference - GNR

I think the small branch was used to rub away the charcoal on the burnt stump

tall charcoal rub tree along the Ginghet - GNR

campfire tree in the sandhill - double actually

Steve & Trish with Steve & Chris at the big old fire scarred box in TB

the fire set here caused more damage than the old box could cope with

in this case the epicormic shoots have grown to replace the burnt trunk

half this tree has been burnt as well creating a wood wall windbreak

there was a fire set here as well but I dunno if it killed the tree?

this fire scar is a long way up the trunk - spot burns

fireplace tree - half is only scarred but half is dead GG

old fireplace scarring with wilga growing out the front GG

campfire tree on the big warrambool - plenty of food in flood

dead coolabah with campfire scar & Cubby - mustering Avon

campfire scar in Marungle blackbox swamp

Yuwaalayaay camp charcoal rub - Bokara warrambool

campfire tree Yuwaalayaay camp

firestick holder? Yuwaalayaay camp - Bokhara warrambool

there was a campfire here a long time ago that killed half the tree

here too but these charred sticks are pine - cooking site?

Billybingbone bridge camp cooker

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