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axtrax & amazing
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against the grain - wonderful wood patterns
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woodgrain patterns & swirls TB
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what causes this wiggly wood?
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special wilga scar with spot burn or mold
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closed scar folds TB
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cultural brigalow bark belt - symbols & signage
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what animal eats whitewood? - used as flour once
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deep high gouges - symbols & signage
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water holding scar CB
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wave scarring could be fire related
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very old stone axe tracks
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stone axe on supplejack K
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stone axe TB
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stone axe on 'walkabout' supplejack
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stone axe marks on box tree scar
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see thru scar - could be fire related
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scartree enemy no.1 Preist
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scars from old vines HP
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all healed up
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very old stone axe impact scarring
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horizontal zipper healed scar
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burnt hollow scar with steel axe cuts CB
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the neck brace
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collar scar low on supplejack R
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wood patterns on decaying box tree
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unknown scarring- target practice perhaps ?
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symbols & signage or random healing
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twister Cumbul 2
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strange marked tree TB (4)
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layered wood swirls - cultural
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abcission stub or branch removal
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odd scarring in Warrambool
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closed scar & sap 1
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decaying campfire burn
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bits & pieces scar - cultural
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coolabah twister in Telinebone
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handhold scars ?
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art 4 art sake
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termites on scar face
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cultural stripes - not failed poisoning scars
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the wobbly boot - crazy campfire scarring
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complicated old boonery scarring
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unknown scarring
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insect eggs only seen on redgums
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Allan Tighe calls these serpent trees
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old termite trax maybe MW
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the serpents tail Merrywinebah
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serpent tree Merrywinebah
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morse code Preist
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wood borers on scar edge
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stone axtrax very old
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very strange 1880s ringbarking or cultural?
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tie off branch knot Goorie
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random wiggly over growth
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very old axe trax G
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sooooo old axtrax G
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symbols & signage or fire scars?
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peeled branch coolamon K
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weird scars too high for fire
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scars & termites Kraka
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Ned Kelly in Kraka
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stumps & patterns W
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handle bars - tiny rings
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ghostie in Wallangilla
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random campfire scarring
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high 8 unusual scar WB
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possum skin stretcher scar
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serpent tree Merrywinebah
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v.old striped cultural scarring B
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deliberate ring made with axe cut burls
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Fantasia - crazy scarring in Warrambool
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house frame just add bark sheets WB
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engraving - symbol or tool
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more unusual scarring - old fireplace?
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Warrambool alien - Fomes fomentarius fungus
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weirdest tree ever - canker disease
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gargoyle tree - Goorie
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old carving or canker scars?
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v.old scar with axe trax K
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axe cuts or wood borer?
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What the hell...hahaha K
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stone axe cuts
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still no idea what caused this whitewood burl?
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another weird white or rosewood burl
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old axe marks or wood borer
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the trapdoor
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old axe cuts Bimber
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old axe trax Mooroo
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weirdly mangled little coolabah
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cookie cutter type scars or canker
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stone axe trax
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RT bear face
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RT - wood borer's hieroglyphics
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RT - whiteant scar
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spot burn within a scar within a scar
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RT ashtray
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which came first the axcut or the scar?
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scars to indicate a man's clan cicatrices at burial site?
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weird & wonderful Keero
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Bart Simpson - Moonal
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very old stone axe trax M
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poisoned scartree
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stone axe trax in Keero
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bits & pieces & branch bending
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very old burnt scarred tree
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smoke chimney Keero
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the hand of history Moonal
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double sided full length extreme scarring G
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high cuts unknown
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sharp object cuts?
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canker scars
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old bits & pieces scar G
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scar top stone axtrax
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whiteants or borers BC
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scar on scar Warrambool
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ancient axe cuts WB
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warrambool watermark on scar WB
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resource extract. scar WB
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unique coolie Warrambool
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high vine scars WB
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whiteanted out Keero ?
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knarled branch break K
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twin lizards -ringbarking ?
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overgrowth on burl WB
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stone axe trax on old fireplace W
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borers I presume
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weird wirris or what ?
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very old weathered coolie
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stone axecut very old WB
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ancient stone axe cut close
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stone axe cuts very old WB
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symbols & signage
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old odd branch tear ? K
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shallow scarring or disease?
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same tree different angle
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truly strange one & Ruby A
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coolibah engulfs rosewood
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firestick holder
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spot burn and scorching SP
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complicated scarring top
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complicated scarring bottom
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horizontal branch scars CB
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practice coolamons?
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layered fireplace standard Cumbul
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limb shedding or resource chasing or hand/toe holds?
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Octopus tree SP
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Ironwood shield scar ? R
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rare square coolie P
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scars & slashes ? Priest
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old axtrax in Keero
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bits & pieces scarring K
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resource extraction hole K
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lovely resource axcut coolamon
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strange connections M
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stone axe unknown tree N
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scar on scar in Goorie
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axe cut very old Goorie
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stone axe cut resource doubles G
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unusual branch scarring G
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axtrax on carved tree G
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serpent fire scarring with chimney
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ancient excrescence BB
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high resource doubles
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burl coolamon & boonery bugs
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old steel axcut why ? F1
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symbols & signage
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another weird closing coolamon F2
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twisted heart close Pocket
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strange slipknot scar K?
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the knob close Keero
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branch coolie tiny epi's
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scratch strip scars K
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old underbranch fireplace scar K
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heartwood flap scars K
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v.old coolie with spot burn
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fireplace multi layered scar
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spot burn close P
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awesome axecut scar P
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window in my heart WB
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scars'n'moss Feedlot 2
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resource hole love em'
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resource extract. tree
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phantom of the forest WB
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going going ...old coolie W
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branch rubbing - signage? WB
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another flap WB
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fungi plug not natural WB
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scartree hunting...looloo with scarred & diseased coolabah
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gorgeous wood patterns on dead coolabah
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Coolamon & burl curls WB
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axtrax unknowable WB
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jack the ripper scars
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designer tree bark - canker?
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stone axe cut unknown
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charcoal rub much used
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brigalow scar cultural WB
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double axcut scars - resource tree
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ancient axtrax Warrambool
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star symbol...deliberate ?
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close by star type symbol
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high weird scarring unknown
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deep unusual scarring
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unknown symbol Pocket
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stone axcut belah scarring
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bits & pieces scarring BC
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unknown axcuts toeholds ?
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ancient axtrax Warrambool
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burnt resource axecut WB
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unusual splitting scar WB
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very old axtrax on scar P
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strange shallow scar prob. fire related
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epicorm shoots debarked
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very old cultural scar
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child memorial scar P
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big old twister Preist
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branch scars from campfire underneath WG
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strange deep doubles - fire related?
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praying mantis close WG
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rubbing or cultural ? M ?
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complicated old fireplace scarring
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which came first - the axcut or the scar?
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axtrax stone & steel M
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collar scar - ringbarking?
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unusual underneath campfire scarring
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V.strange all round scarring WG
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golden strip- lightning related WG
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unusual scar & burls from campfire at base
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very unusual fireplace scarring with axcuts WB
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going going gone coolie
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the contortionist - weird CMT WB
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contortionist side view
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special camp marker tree
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see thru branch - prob. caused by campfire K
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heavily searched resource tree
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canker diseased tree
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canker disease has caused all this deformation I think
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axehole scar Newtons
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firestick burn scar ? B
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axcut on fat bulbous old fire scar HP
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scar on scar + axtrax HP
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a faded carved or debarked stump HP
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stone axtrax carved stump
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strange upper axtrax HP
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strange lower axtrax HP
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mechanical damage ? HP
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RT ballistic missile-defunct
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RT weird rescarred scar - 2 fires?
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axecut scar Telinebone
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multiscarred octopus tree TB
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close up of octopus tree
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axcuts ..the 4 horsemen TB
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fallen axe cut scar TB
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resource hole - old - TB
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supplejack axcuts ??? P
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axecut doubles V.V.old P
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scar top delicate axetrax P
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pine scar steel or stone ? P
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broken scar on scar R
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U bolt scar western side
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axcuts & others
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protruding coolie side view
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old axtrax Ration
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BR 3 chop mombarai
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steel axe cuts bark harvesting - who is the shelter for?
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Wirri +honey/wax residue?
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wild scarring at the shearing huts
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wild scarring side view
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my mingar tree close
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wood grown over old fencing wire
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sugarbag tree Telinebone
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crazy layered odd shaped fireplace scarring
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lots of stuff happening here
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complicated campfire scars WB
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axtrax from a very long time ago
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axtrax on big scarface
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small axcut close WB
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distorted axcut
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tree slats & flaps - dont know how these were made WB
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flaps & folds Warrambool
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burl coolamon WB
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another zipper WB
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widescreen in Warrambool
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DD disconnected WB
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coolie with very old axtrax
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steel axe V shaped cuts WB
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old campfire was here
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axe cut scar close WB
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deep coolamon profile - signage? WB
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older campfire was here WB
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fireplace with flue WB
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resource extract scar WB
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weird scar over growth clasp WB
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Coolamon with visible stone axtrax WB
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old axtrax Warrambool
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ascending axcuts branch Warrambool
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fallen bits & pieces scarring? WB
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fireplace contorted tree
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small axcut Warrambool
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BH old eroded campfire
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Very hot fire to burn rock ?
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high halloween type scar
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axe cut hole in Wallangilla
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spiral scarring Antigar
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axtrax very old Telinebone
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fire related scars Bottle Camp
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lightning scarring I think CB
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old sugarbag tree I think
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axtrax look like steel ones
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axcut coolamon Kraka
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axcut & fireplace scarring
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stone axtrax - the main indicator or genuine scars K
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or a raised top scar edge
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high axcuts unknown
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concave campfire scar shelter for ashes
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grinners are winners - prob. failed ringbarking W
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old axe cut scar close up W
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grinner scar Warrambool
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unusual layered top W
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bits & pieces scarring
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bits & pieces scarring side view
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bits & pieces scar Cumbul
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fallen sugarbag/handholds
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axcut resource scar F2
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scar on scar on scar F1
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much damaged firescar
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old axtrax on scartree M
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resource scars & coolie M
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axe cuts steel I think G
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carved tree in Goorie
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Emu track tree carving G
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tree carving in Goorie
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stone or steel well preserved
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excellent resource scar W
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strange scarring & axtrax
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unusual axe cuts TB
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axcut scarring MW
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healed up scar G
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odd scarring - 2 separate scars or uneven overgrowth
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manipulated branch 3
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manipulated branch 2
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ball & socket revisited K
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another axcut coolamon TB
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axcut coolamon with burns
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burnt top of axcut coolie
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firestick art/signage ? TB
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coolabah twister in Cumbul
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stone axcut scar WG
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old healing scar & whiteants G
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ringbarking 1880s
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another example of chinese ringbarking
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triple axcut tree northside
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serpent tree ? Goori
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cultural scarring of unknown type - stone axe
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spiral coolabah BonBon - failed ringbarking? Lightning?
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naturally weathered burl
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gorgeous wood grain TB
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typical centre trunk debark & fail TB
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axcut coolamon TB
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crazy fire scar with axtax
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strange "lips" horizontal healing TB
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ringbarking fail ?
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strange twisted tree P
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not ringtree but 2 face falling coolamons P
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spot burn /firebranding in dust storm K
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cultural spot burn fire stamp revisit
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RT very old axcut coolie
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RT manipulated horizontal debarked branch
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RT hard to remove coolamon ?
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RT axcut coolamon
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RT perfect fallen axcut
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RT axcut & whiteant decay
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RT long axcut coolamon
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RT midtree burns & axcuts
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RT perfect axcut on firescar
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RT coolabah chimney close
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RT rare rectangular coolie - memorial?
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hunting for grubs ? Butlers
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BR unusual twisted coolie
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BR steel axe hand holds
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unknown cultural scarring B
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odd bib coolamon profile B
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steel axe on needlewood or stone axe leaving different scars on unfamiliar wood
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resource holes steel axe ?
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BR unusual low scar
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unusual axcut coolamons - grub search ? G
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burial site totem ? Goorie
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axe cut coolamon G
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fire related flap scar - glass or sharp object G
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very old down axecut scar
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emu track - with glass or borers ? G
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firestick holding fork tree Goorie
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axcuts and wood borers ?
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random stone axe cuts W
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interesting coolie & flap W
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bottom scar axe cut scars W
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old axtrax & swirls on mismatched scar top
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scarring with glass ? G
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FW old coolabah axtrax
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FW ancient axtrax
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FW axtrax on the Ginghet
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FW single axe cut scar
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unknown axcuts 2 WG
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unknown axcuts 1 WG
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strange axcuts - witchetty grub search?
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axcut scar & leopardwood
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old axcut scar Goorie
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mini totem tree close up
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glass/knife/wire cuts ? G
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axtrax very old Goorie
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wood borers ? G
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old axcut scarring G
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phone shaped axcut scar G
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low half moon carving G
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totem profile close
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CS Wailwan round axcut
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FW this is all 1 coolabah !
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diseased limb I think WG
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typical axcut 1 Goorie
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typical axcut 3 Goorie
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typical axcut 2 Goorie
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memorial coolamon WG
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NB weird firescarring
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NB squarish axcut scar
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NB high steel axe cuts ?
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NB not natural... CMT
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NB old axcut scar
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NB complicated scarring
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NB circular spotburn scar
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NB another spot burn
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NB strange over growth
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NB weird campfire scarring
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NB raised axtrax
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deep sharp object scarface folds G
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CMTs or coincidence ? G
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borers on spot burn scarface G
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tonsils coolamon Goorie
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Coolabah branch fusion - natural or not?
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NB stone axcut scar
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perfect scar with layered carved epicormic shoot TB
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manipulated shelter scar with under fire scarring
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unknown slash scarring G
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GY extreme fireplace scarring
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GY very interesting fire scars
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GY weird twisted fire scar
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GY fallen axcut 2
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GY fallen axcut 1
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GY very weird coolamon
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GY cuts & scrapes & borers
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A axcut coolamon
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A old axcut scar
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A unknown scarring
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A axcut scar falling out
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A unknown axcut scars ?
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A unusual axcut
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branding - spot burn N
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A old axcuts & borers
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remains of branch or honey stick ? WB
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very old axtrax on double
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shallow multiscar unknown
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infected old axtrax WB
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sapling platting.. kids ? WB
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double axcut dieback scar
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crooked closing coolamon
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Jaws … coolamon bites WG
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axtrax very old Wallangilla
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hollowed out campfire tree ?
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A axcut scars + spot burn
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A deep grinner scar - failed ringbark over growth
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mid tree axcut coolamon
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Boonery (Rosewood) plait
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A broken branch coolamon
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A burnt ring tree Why ???
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A firestick resting place
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RT kiss connected box tree
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RT weird spot burn branding - signage?
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RT strange overgrowth
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RT strange midtree coolie
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A high axcut coolamon
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A small rectangular scar
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A campfire & axcut scarring
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Rhonda with strange uneven join WB
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coolamon with wood borers & axtrax on scarface
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NB strange coolabah scars
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A axcut scarring
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A double flap scars
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G flap scarring
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A axcut coolamon
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A shallow axcut coolamon
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G axcut coolamon
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G crazy unknown scarring - ringbark fail?
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G strange scarring up close
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G strange high belah scars
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G axcut scarring
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G old axcuts
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G spot burnt firescar
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hieroglyphic supplejack revisited P
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G old axcut scars
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G very old axtrax
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G wood grain engraving
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G wood engraving close
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G ancient axtrax
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G stitching type scar
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G wood borers & axcuts close
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very old axtrax Cumbul
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G Allan with engraved tree
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G grub seach tree close
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whitewood "thing" Butlers
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layers & axtrax Priest
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CMT branch fold
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sharp object strip scars
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borers on scarface
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RT old axe cuts
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RT axcut scar & tail
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RT spot burn branding
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RT Bambul 3 ring circus !
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RT some sort of marker ?
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RT internal hidden coolie
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G very old axtrax
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not natural
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Why did they twist em ??
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old axtrax on sandhill scar
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BH watercourse pointer 1
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BH watercourse pointer 2
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signage - Budda tree notches
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budda twister with coolabah ring
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G inter species Ring tree
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BH very old axtrax
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G old axcut coolamon
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coolamon scarface with old borer marks
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branch Ring in coolabah clump
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weird CMT Ring connection M
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very old axtrax close W
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very old axtrax
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unique interspecies Ring
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G V.old axtrax
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G hieroglyphics - wood borer related
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Allo & Marker/Pointer WG
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uniquely marked branch in Wallangilla
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kangaroo track carvings or wood borers?
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FW anthropogenic not fallen branch
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FW pointer- stone axe cut
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RT unusual scarring
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Pointer tree in Cumbul
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scar on scar near well TB
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funny fungus thing TB
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Pointer with stone axcut end CB
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Apophyllum anomalum braid
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What is that shard of pine doing up in that redgum?
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pine poking out of redgum at the old well
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pine in redgum at well - water sign?
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GGS eagle brand scar 1
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Wallangilla eagle branding
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manipulated coolabah - for kids ? G
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A bush dunny
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crochet hook coolabah close P
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T big beak branch
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T horizontal branch pockets
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big wind up boxtree? P
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L wooden water trough
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L pointer ( signpost )
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unusual leopardwood knot
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L outrageous pine branch manipulation
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CS the wild man of Borneo?
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Rt Belah meets Boonery
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KW what were they thinking?
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GGS Wailwun steel axtrax? bottom of scar
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GGS Wailwun steel axtrax? top of scar
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GGS Wailwun coolamon with stone axtrax
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GGS Wailwun steel axtrax bottom
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GGS wailwun steel axtrax top
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GGS old axtrax - stone or steel that is the question
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pointer on the Barwon
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BR impact scar on dead redgum
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BR unusual hook scar on coolabah
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Pine slab falls from redgum at the wells
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pine slab dated from 1870s - 1930s at UNSW
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pine slab insert broken in 20 ft fall from redgum
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This is where the pine slab used to be pre 2020
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GGS wailwun carved shape
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GGS animal carvings?
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GGS looks like a bird?
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pine insert for housing? P
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stone axe cut branch
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L scarring unknown
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L wood borer scarring ?
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L shallow bits & pieces scarring
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L deep unknown scarring
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CS grinners are winners
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supplejack stone axtrax Cumborah
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Cumborah supplejack stone axe marks
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stone axe cut branch
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this blackbox has been seriously maniplated! SP
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special manipulated blackbox on trade route SP
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Dragonfly symbol - murrumanaarr
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strange shaped shallow scar WB
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stone axtrax on strange shaped scar WB
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stone axe cut pine stump at Warrambool camp
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old faceless coolamon with related stone axtrax
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acrobatic whitewood - dunno whats going on?
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tree bending to create straight shoots for spears?
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stone axe cut stump - timber for building?
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stone axe cut stump
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unknown scarring at new Telinebone camp
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these horizontal branches have not grown naturally - Avon
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this whitewood & budda have been bent together C
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these are the combined trees seen from below C
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old stone axtrax barely visible now
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axtrax - Aboriginal or Chinese ?
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Eurah (Eremophila bignoniiflora) twister
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stone axe cut supplejack
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I think these holes are made by stone axes?
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supplejack's natural wood form I think
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scars on dead wilga - cultural
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fishface scarring - finding Nemo ?
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directional tree - these branches have been inserted not grown
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BH directional tree - go this way
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these branches havent grown in this tree
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BH very high up axtrax
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axtrax on scarface
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almost closed scar with prominent axtrax
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bimblebox limb twist TB
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shield or digging stick made from coolabah hardwood
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stone axe cut branch
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stone axe cut tree
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resource tree with old stone axe cut
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black box axcut coolamon
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cross tree - branches bent when young for boomerangs
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obvious axtrax on scar top
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this cypress pine stump was cut with a stone axe
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old stone axtrax on top of the scar
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stone axtrax rim - old & unusual
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scar top stone axtrax - cant get enough of them
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This deep little scar is a symbol - I know this because I know this
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old boxtree branch resting on a rosewood fork for a long time!
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ancient axtrax on boxtree scarface
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dunno why this scarface was cut with a steel axe & planted
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is this a failed TinT where the guest has died?
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rose/white wood twister out in Avon I think
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rose/ whitewood twister - not known why they did this?
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this radical type of manipulation requires skill & time
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The cambium & phloem have been split by a master craftsman
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this stump is stone axe cut
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axtrax or wood borers?
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Avon Ringtree from the distance
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looks like a man made "Ring" from this side
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but not from this side? Another crazy Avon coolabah !
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axtrax on scar top Warrambool
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stone axe cut stumps
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weird unknown modification
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tiny stone axe cuts - searching for grubs?
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pine tree cut with a stone axe or cut by a child ?
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stone axe cut branch & guest
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FW axtrax or what - strange markings at old camp
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FW axtrax 2 - sharp object or wood borers?
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dont look natural to me mate ...
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2 in a row long strip scars in Warrambool
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wood patterns or impact scars? Priest
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not normal no way - manipulated box
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massively manipulated boxtree - Wailwun
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massively manipulated box - wailwun country
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stone axe cut stump
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dunno whats going on here?
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ring of epicormic shoots on arc of old box tree P
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never seen anything like this before?
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2 branches merged at Stud paddock well camp
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No idea how they achieved this result?
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axcut on big old scar in Priest
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axcut scarring on coolabah - fire related TB
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wood borers on scarface? Telinebone
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wood patterns 1
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wood patterns 2
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theres that eagle mark again ...
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stone axe cut stump at culvert camp in Telinebone
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stone axe cut stump with shallow perimeter - CC in TB
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stone axe cut trio - box saplings? culvert camp TB
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not normal but not obviously cultural - G
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stone axtrax Wallangilla
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dead coolabah with stone axe cuts in Wallangilla
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this pine? has been harvested twice with stone axes CC in TB
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all these trees were cut with stone axes to build shelters I think CC in TB
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more stone axe cut timber at the culvert camp in Telinebone
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I think this is the remains of a shelter at the culvert camp TB
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this old coolabah has horns?
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original trunk has been bent & broken - the horns are reshoots
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side view of manipulated coolabah in Goorie
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wood patterns
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dead coolabah live whitewood 'kiss'
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thorny saltbush BinT with marked stump
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coolabah stump marked with 4 stone axe cuts Avon
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axe cut resource scars for food or climbing
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close up of axe cut scar
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wood carving found at Psydrax camp Telinebone
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greatly expanded over time - axe cut on coolabah TB
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unusual coolabah scarring - cultural not practical I think
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very unusual scar - gotta show Allo this one TB
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weirdo trees - dont think that stick grew there 2nd sandhill TB
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ancient axtrax on dead host on scarred bumble TinT in Telinebone
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old stone axe cut scar Telinebone
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main trunk used as well casing or its a birthing tree or both?
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old stone axe scar in Warrambool
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this is also an axe cut scar but its altered over time
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this is the more typical shape axe cut scar on pine
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I call this modified box tree 'the window to my heart'
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its more of a living sculpture than a ringtree - I just love it
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natural or not? Coolabah bounce tree
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axtrax on the base on old closed coolamon TB
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this old faceless coolamon looks like a dunny? shepherds hut TB
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Is this the lodgepole for a bark shelter at Psydrax camp?
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or did the old boxtree just grow over a fallen branch?
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I think this old hollow box was cut down with a stone axe
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although the edge is smooth it still has the uneven look of stone
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was this caused by canker disease or axe cuts?
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sharp stick/ spear holes? Searching for grubs?
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unknown axe cuts
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I thought this branch had broken off & grown around
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this is the long end ...
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but the short end looks cut to me?
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I think these are women's cultural/ birthing trees on Tungra
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Rhonda Ashby is coming out to look at them this weekend
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Pine fallen through split box - used as a lodge pole perhaps? T
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bark spiral - disease or deliberate ?
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single axe cut scar - symbolic not practical T
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axe cut burl on Tungra scar
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not a ring tree but a fallen old 2 sided scar tree
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old stone axe cuts at women's place Tungra
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recourse holes - grub search with tomohawk ? T
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unusual scar top - like icing on a cake T
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axtrax on boxtree Tungra
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grinner tree with stone axe cut branch on Tungra
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this is a strange alien looking cultural scar T
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deep old axe cut scar T
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axtrax reaching half way around the tree T
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prominent axtrax and burns - strange combo
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Ironwood axe cut scar -different tree species scar in different ways
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old twister on the way out T3
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strip scar possibly caused by lightning
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old axe cut scar T3
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very old burled edge standard shaped scar
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this is the reverse side - not a ringtree
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I dont know what was happening here?
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Ive seen this carving style in Goorie but I dont understand it
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it could be a child cutting the limb with a stone axe?
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Tungra axtrax - very old
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this looks like a rosewood TinT right?
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but its actually a Tree thru Tree - rosewood pulled through a box fork
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Ive seen these TtTs on Gingie - dont think they happen naturally
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long strip scar - for rope fiber?
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this box branch has been cut down with a stone axe
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'giving tree' this dying scartree is feeding the supplejack
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scar on scar - heartwood timber for tough jobs T4
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Is this a Picasso or what?
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Tungra axtrax
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rosewood aka boonery trees like to stand their ground
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the only twisted branch on our good old family tree - Slim Dusty
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old axe cut T5
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this looks very much like a dunny? Potty training?
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axe cut scar
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a very big old box tree used to stand here - it has been used over generations
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emu track revisit - axtrax or termite trax
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axcut burl & burn
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stick pointer - we went that way ...
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stone axe cut stump with charcoal rubbed edges
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wailwun pointer or old branch fall stuck in the box fork & grown over?
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somebody cooked something in here sometime ago now
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unusual box tree habit. manipulated I expect
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deep axe cut - looks like steel
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crazy mushroom burl
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why are these axe holes so round?
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this hollow box tree log was cut down with a stone axe
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this is the stump left from where it was cut
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this is the upper end of the hollow log they cut open to extract a possum
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here is the stone axe cut end - resource extraction tree
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this big scar is curious as the face has been attacked by termites
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strange scarring leaving a 'ring' - intentional?
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strange growth habits along the edge of the Ginghet ..
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some very old trees guard the waterways
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Ive only seen this style of axe work once before
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were they removing an older coolamon scar for dish or toy boat?
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this is a dead Ironwood (Acacia excelsa) that has been "modified"
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the timber is very hard like the name 'ironwood' suggests
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why were they cutting around the trunk in circles?
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to remove the thick bark perhaps? Or were they looking for something?
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This is strange - the scar face has had a facelift
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how did they get bark to grow back over the exposed scar?
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very old axe cut scar down on the Ginghet
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this horizontal stub did not grow here - its a pointer
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closer you can see the stub is wedged in - directional modification
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this dead whitewood? has scars & a hollow - native bees nest perhaps?
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currant bush THRU coolabah in Avon
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This coolabah has grown around & over the old currant bush
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This isnt natural - there are a few other Trees THRU Trees here
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Eagle mark on memorial TinT in the moonal
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2nd eagle mark on same tree. Hereditary totem or gomeroi cicatrix?
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more faint scarring - canker or cultural?
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canker or carving?
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stone axe cut in big scar
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closer veiw
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not sure what is happening here but its not normal growth.
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someone carved something on this tree long ago ...
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axe cut scar healing over TB
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looks like steel axe cuts to me?
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very old axtrax on big fallen scartree in Telinebone
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stone axe cut rosewood with central 'joystick' type reshoot
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very old stone axe cuts
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this pine stump in the Pb camp has been cut with a stone axe
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not sure what the intension was here?
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this old dead Ironwood has been sampled over time
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scars grow in from the sides faster than the top & bottom
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stone axe cut stumps
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stone axe cut rosewood
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has a single axe cut caused this long scar?
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here is the axe cut scar closer
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stone axe cut scar
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steel axe cut scar
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unusual scarring in Warrambool
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this old scar has almost healed but the stone axe marks are still obvious
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old branch nubs nearby - not normal or natural
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same with this deep slash scar - not natural or ringbarking
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axtrax or symbols along the Ginghet
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nothing much left of this old CMT except the scar itself!
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major axe cut scar
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minor axe cut scarring
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I dont know what this scar is but I like it ...
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old axcuts going up - chasing possum?
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very old stone axe marks on the biggest TinT on Gingie
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stone axe marks on the top of a scar
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stone axe marks at the top of a big bark burial wrap scar
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more top of scar stone axe cuts from the Barwon floodplain
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Ive seen these scratch type scars before - unknown cultural reason
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here is the huge healed horizontal scar on that big box with the scratching scars
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canoe scar? by the side of the Ginghet
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strange axe cut scarring on the Ginghet floodplain
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stone axe scarring on old scarface
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resource extraction scars - probably possum hunting
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stone axe scars on an Ironwood tree
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Wailwun stone axes left slightly different marks on the trunk than Gomeroi ones
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axtrax X 3 - not a true ringtree as the inside is burnt out
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here is where this wailwun scar healed over
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budda - Eremophila mitchellii - twister
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wailwun pointer/ direction tree
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front view of wailwun pointer tree
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gomeroi pointer? actually think this branch fell in the fork & the tree grew over it
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stone axe cut tree at airstrip camp
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stone axe marks on a supplejack
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shrunken coolamon with strange branch insert. Seen before TB
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stone axtrax on old coolamon
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Nepine thru Pine at the Marra ck paleochannel
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here are the highest axe cuts - cultural woodworking artistry
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high cuts/ rubs in the house paddock - unknown reason
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old redgum scar at the wells
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deep top of scar axe cuts on coolabah- looks like steel axe?
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where did this trunk go? Weird scar 1 along the Mungeroo
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Weird scarring 2 down the Mungeroo
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weird scarring 3 along the Mungeroo
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weird scarring 4 view 1
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weird scarring 4 view 2
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this old multi-stemmed blackbox has been extensively used over time
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small trunks have been removed with stone axes - firewood?
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leaving some very odd scarring - along the Mungeroo
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shallow patches on box tree bark - unknown
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mmm interesting!
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old axtrax - ringbarking or cultural?
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wailwun stone axe cuts on scar top - south of Cuddie springs
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bottle based old coolibah by the billabong - ancient!
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I think these low sloping faceless coolamon trees were dunnies
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axe cut burl on scar
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tunnel tree at belah camp WB
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steel axtrax on small coolamon BBB rd
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ancient stone axtrax BBB camp
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tree thru tree - wilga embraces box on the Marra ck paleochannel
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did this branch grow thru there itself or was it helped?
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Wailwun park bench - love seat?
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not naturally occurring no way ...
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squarish scar on a dead budda I think - Billybingbone rd
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old axe scar distorted over time
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Its so hot in summer out here the trees melt!
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Possibly a water holding coolamon - see last blog
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crazy coolabah - seen before but drove past mustering this morning
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wood patterns
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series of parallel axtax - Cuddie springs
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this big hollow log was cut using a stone axe
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possum extraction tree - stone axe TCS
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not sure whats happening here - unknown cultural scarring
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this box reshoot has been cut off with a stone axe
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unusual triple tiny coolamon triangle - TCS
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this supplejack branch has been cut down with a stone axe
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not sure if this trunk was cut into when upright or fallen?
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stone axe attack - what were they chasing inside this old boxtree?
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axe cut scar at the Ginghet reserve
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twister at the Ginghet reserve view 1
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twister at the Ginghet reserve view 2
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this stump has been cut with a stone axe - duh!
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this stump has also been cut by a stone axe - wailwun wielded.
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this Milgee medicine tree has been trained through the old Coolabah
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the Milgee would not grow that way naturally is its away from the sun
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this is a Belah - Casuarina cristata - bilaarr water-holding tree
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I know this for the simple reason that it has water inside the trunk
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The scar on the outside of the trunk is consistent with a stone axe cuts
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so is the lip at the bottom of the scar & internal trunk marks
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old axe cut scar on fallen box
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possible axe cut on diseased trunk
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this whitewood/ birraa has been threaded thru this leopardwood/ bagala
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I dont know why but I do know it would have been maintained over time
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birraa thru the bagala - the amazing tree art of the Gomilaroi ancestors
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this cultural tree is not far from the birraa wood well in Antigar
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I think this is a pointer tree - I dont think this is a dead branch
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here is a closer look - what do you think?
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deep axe cut scar - looks like a steel one
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dunno whats happened here? Coals placed inside the coolabah perhaps?
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stone axe use at the Wilga vale house tank in the GNR
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the difference between stone & steel axes 101. Same people using different axes
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axe cut scar that has become detached from the branch?
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stone axtrax from a long time ago - Wee Wally
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1 trunk has been forced to the ground bark shapes removed -why?
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high axe cut scar - possum hunting?
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split coolabah - fireplace damage I think
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long underside strip scarring - probably campfire related
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coolabah twister probably fire related
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this scar was caused by deep axe cuts
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so was this you can still see the axe shape enlarged over time
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this looks like a high galah scar but its actually cultural
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here you can see the faint axtrax at the bottom of the scar
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axe cut scar obviously
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camp coolabah 2 views - I think lots of kids have played here
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stone axe on a very old fallen Belah - dead box swamp Wilga vale GNR
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steel axe cut on old scar face
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Belah stone axtrax - old
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this big "resource extraction" log lying here ...
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was cut off this big box tree with a stone axe here ...
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and the "resource" they extracted was a possum! Classic ...
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stone axe lopping - for shelters/ temporary housing?
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this wilga is growing between the box tree & its burnt epicormic shoots
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possibly a TinT but not classifiable - why are the re-shoots burnt?
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And how did the wilga get in there? Some combos are too hard ..
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2 views of twister - probably rosewood or wilga or budda
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2 views of the twister - closer look
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stone axtrax - very old
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another stone axe trail on old box between the Narran & Bokhara
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2 views of a symbolic scar possibly a glyph - Gali gurrunaa camp
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this is a TTT - Tree Thru Tree - old wilga branch put around box tree branch
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here is closer look - wilga is dead now & this cultural phenomenon will be lost if no one cares
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I have seen this same squiggle on a CMT at Gingie - whiteants?
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sometimes ringbarking cuts look scorched as well on weilwun land?
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directional tree or fallen branch stuck in a box tree fork?
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its been there awhile whatever the cause - 2 paddocks
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2 box with 2 wilga & 2 butterbush trees planted beside them - cultural plantings
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this Stud paddock box trunk has been debarked for a burial wrap I think
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I think this is a weilwun whitewood water holding tree
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wet inside & full of sand - I think they removed the split trunk to catch water
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These bulbous based box trees are not normal - think they are CMTs
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axtrax on dead ironwood I think or maybe supplejack?
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cover this with bark & you have shelter like a rigid tent pole
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fallen target tree I think - not canker scars - GG camp
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someone cut down this hollow boxtree - yuwaalayaay
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this one fell by itself - but still a bloody awesome tree
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if this was on noongar boodja you would say its a water holding tree
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axtrax old
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wilga twister along Nardoo songline
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deep axe cuts into old scar - possum hunting?
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dead pine twister in Telinebone - 2 views
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beefwood axe cut
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leopardwood axe cut
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eucalypt axe cut
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Currant bush are not climbers - this one has been trained
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aka warrior bush this small tree has been manipulated years ago
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see thru box with opposite scars - not a true ringtree
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I get knocked down, but I get up again. You are never gonna keep me down ..
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axe cut scar separating from debarked trunk
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big scar with stone axe hole cut in base - resource extraction
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2 trunks of a carved tree - Gulargambone
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another see thru tree at GG camp
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small Ginghet axe scar
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old resource extraction tree - probably possum
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this stump was cut with a stone axe for sure
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water storage or what? whitewood trough?
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the big central trunk has been cut down with a stone axe
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little axe cut scars beside big scars - mistakes or cultural additions?
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this old box has been modified at the base like a cave
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to encourage possums/ goannas? habitat shelters at GG
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this big old, divided box has fallen exposing large internal 'clods'
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stranger & stranger - why 2 different soil types & colours?
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cutting coolamons with a jigsaw? Old Ted or Young Ted I wonder
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here is the reverse side of this tree - axtrax no more?
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hunting possum with steel axe in debarked box trunk
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axe cut hole - possum hunting GG
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exposed coolabah root or horizonal branch? The Ginghet has them all
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the laws of physics & biology dont apply to the Ginghet
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the old clever people (wailwun in this case) lived by their own laws
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we just dont understand yet ..
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unrelated stone axe cut scars - this archive is almost full so doubling up
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definitely old stone axtrax on an old scar GNR
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not 100% sure what made this scar - axe or natural cracking
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love these flappy fellows but have no idea how they are made?
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is this group of redgums & bimblebox trees are growing out of the same lignotuber?
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they have done this with the 50:50 tree here so anything is possible
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this dead tree near Nardoo camp has some strange marks & steel axe cuts?
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this is a women's scarred tree because its in a women's place
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there is another almost identical at the belah ringtree place (womens)
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stone axe cut scarring/ healing GG camp
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very strange twisted misshapen scar with stone axe marks
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lovely stone axe cut edge on this stump with possible singe too
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this coolabah & whitewood have not grown together naturally
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these 2 trees have been manipulated over time to grow like this
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here are 2 views close up - at the big billabong on the big warrambool
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2 views of an old Marungle mallee-root (lignotuber) on a swamp blackbox
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2 views of a culturally scarred blackbox beside a wilga TinT
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how old I wonder? The central trunk is gone leaving the epicormic shoots
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the soil inside eucalypts matches the soil they live in - red in the ridges
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black/brown in this wailwun swamp
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stone axe marks on the inside of a special whitewood window tree
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old axtrax or old termite trax?
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Ginghet camp tree killed by prolonged water releases from Burrandong dam 2022
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special manipulated Belah? tree BBB rd bridge camp
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2 views of high unknown engraving GG camp Cumborah
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BBB bridge camp dead Eurah 'twister'
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2 different views of BBB bridge campEurah 'twister'
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scar flap BBBB camp
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old stone axe scarring BBBB camp
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2 views of a possible eagle mark scar Cumborah ridges
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2 views of a special platted wilga? at the BFC camp on the Ginghet
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2 extra views of this Platted tree which is either a wilga or rosewood
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lovely lips - probably a distorted axcut scar GG
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I dont really even know what this is? A bent down tree narrowed at the base ..somehow?
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Its been bent in the middle to form a triangle with the ground
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Hard to tell which end are the branches & which end are roots?
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