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handholds & wirris & vines

the wirri holes - native bee honey source

V.old wirri for honey extraction

wirri holes to access native bee honey

handholds Kraka

self pruning - cladoptosis ?

handholds 2 Kraka

handholds or resource holes? TB

wirri with stick for honey extraction

gugumadharraa vine in old scar

Parsonsia eucalyptophylla on whitewood

gargaloo - the black yam

old wirri scar perhaps

whitewood TinT in a wirri tree

wirri I reckon Tb

wirri or small coolamon?

wirri hole or small coolamon?

vines up a box tree

handhold scars ?

wirri hole for honey extraction

perfect wirri hole to access native bees nest

honey extract holes & lizard

wirri hole to source honey

v.old Parsonsia eucalyptophylla vines

gargaloo - gugumadharraa

possible faded axcut hand/toe holds

wirri eyes Keero

old wirri scars for honey access

handholds or sugarbag ?

old wirri hole Moonal

hand/toeholds for climbing

weird wirris or what ?

tiny wirri for honey access

vines galore Boonery

limb shedding or resource chasing or hand/toe holds?

internal vines Bimber 1

old vines in Bimber 2

vines in Bimber 3

self pruning ( cladoptosis )

lowdown wirri hole N

self pruning for drought?

old wirri hole Feedlot 2

old Wirri hole Feedlot 2

gugumadharraa/gaagulu

dead gargaloo vine Brig.

hand/toe holds WB

vines and scars WB

wirri or small coolie WB

hand/toe holds or what ?

faded hand/toe holds or grub search

Gugumadharraa yam

handhold axcuts ? WG

dunno what caused these holes

hand/toe holds WB

wirri hole & firestick N

sweet teardrop wirri HP

Wirri +honey/wax residue?

twisted old gargaloo

axe cuts for toe holds? WB

resource/toe holes ? WB

climbing scars ? Goori

multiple handholds ? G

hand/toe hold coolamons

donut scar - old wirri maybe ?

old wirri hole in Kraka

old wirri in Warrambool

fallen sugarbag/handholds

big wirri or small coolie

old sugarbag tree M

wirri hole Merrywinebah

handholds & strange bark

hand/toe holds in Goorie

wirri holes/woodgrain TB

RT handholds suspended

BR hand/foot holds

nepine vines on rosewood

climbing scars? Goorie

wirri scar Wallangilla

wirri hole Wallangilla

wirri hole for honey or small coolamon

NB wirri hole - native bees

vines on Coolabah G

NB Nepine ( ngaybaan )

GY Gugumadharraa

wirri hole ( native bees ) N

Capparis lasiantha

native jasmine - old

old wirri hole - native bees

bush banana Marsdenia viridiflora

RT native bee wirri hole

G wirri scar close

RT hand/toe holds i think

RT naypan climber

RT bottomless wirri scar

RT old dead vines

G infinity wirri hole

G Naypan/Nepine climber

BH V.old wirri scar

BH hand/toe holds

G ngaybaan-Nepine vine

G ngaybaan vine on burn

fireplace tree with young vine

gargaloo vine at old camp

Nepine (Capparis lasiantha)

bush banana I think?

wait-a-while/ nepine vines

yam vines on boonery 2

Nepine-Capparis lasiantha

FW unknown climber- nepine?

Vines in Priest - the rainforest returns..

Marungle hand/toe holds

gaguulmadharraa - Parsonia eucalyptophylla

Vines in Stud at peach bush cluster

T Native jasmine vines

wait awhile vines on an old whitewood

old hand/toe holds Goorie

RT old native bee wirri

CS hand/foot hold scars maybe?

RT old dead gugumadharraa vines

RT distorted wirri with slot to drain honey

ngaybaan/ nepine

KW wirri hole (native bees)

handholds/ footholds in Cumbul

old nepine vine in Stud

Marsdenia viridiflora - bush banana (gaagulu)

aka Marsdenia or Leichardtia Australis

previously unknown vine - Parsonsia lanceolata CB

Parsonsia lanceolata vine close up

Parsonsia eucalyptophylla - poisonous yams

bush banana ( marsdenia viridiflora )

old nepine vine & scar

vines growing out of a coolabah

These indentations are caused by vines

Parsonsia eucalyptophylla found around old camps

Native or Desert jasmine - perfumed flowers

dead vines propably Nepine

nepine - Capparis lasiantha

gargaloo vines on a redgum at camp

McD unknown vine at billabong

gargaloo growing inside a boxtree

bush banana - Marsdenia viridiflora

native jasmine in box tree crotch

handholds or canker scars?

climbing scars?

gargaloo vines embedded in ironwood

Parsonsia eucalyptophylla in Acacia excelsa

Nepine vine getting ready for a bumper crop

nepine - capparis lasiantha

2 sided wirri hole - native bees nest

native jasmine/ Jasminum lineare vine growing in boxtree crotch

old gargaloo vine

native bee entrance/ exit s from hives aka wirri holes

old native jasmine vine in Avon

wild jasmine smelling divine atm

somebody climbed this ironwood making hand/ toe holds

.. with a stone axe. The higher they went the closer the cuts

Nepine vine growing out of a box tree scar T

Old dead Nepine in a clump with butter bush aka gumbie gumbie

native jasmine - graceful & fragrant - always around camps

wirri hole Tungra

wild jasmine aka desert jasmine

someone climbed this tree a long time ago

gargaloo old & new (Parsonsia eucalyptophylla)

gaagulu (Marsdenia viridiflora) - seedpods & tubers eaten

gugumadharraa - Parsonsia eucalyptophylla not edible

this is a Supplejack - starts out as a robust vine

this looks like a wirri - old native bee resource hole

gargaloo vine on old scar tree

very old Nepine aka Capparis lasiantha

Probably the oldest Nepine Ive ever seen

wirri hole - native bees

coolabah handholds in Warrambool

gaagulu vine aka bush banana ( Marsdenia viridiflora )

more gaagulu in the sanctuary & Cubby for perspective

gargaloo vine planted in a box tree at the well camp in Stud

a close up of the gargaloo/ box junction

old vines on blackbox down the Ginghet

hand & foot holds on a fallen box tree along the Ginghet

a different view of the hand/ foot holds

Desert or Native jasmine - camp scents

the biggest/ oldest nepine vine Jen & I have ever seen

here is the base of the nepine - like monstrous spider

very old native jasmine on a quinine tree T23

this jasmine vine has been strangling this quinine for a long time

this is a VinT (vine in tree) - native jasmine in box

we dont count these VinTs as TinTs but I suspect this 1 is cultural

old gargaloo up a dead pine tree in Avon

up up & away - hand/foot holds along the Ginghet

gaagulu - Marsdenia viridiflora was an important food.

gargaloo vine another campsite give away

wirri hole - native bees nest

Nepine thru Pine at the Marra ck paleochannel

the pine has been split so the nepine (Capparis lasiantha) can grow thru

wirri - native bee hole

gargaloo VinT (Vine in Tree)

this nepine vine is very old - my hat rests on the dead tree its growing on

wirri coolamon - native bees

Nepine in dead eucalypt - possibly planted there

old nepine vine Cumberdoon way

old gargaloo vine on a classic coolamon tree

wirrii hole for native bees

old wirrii hole - native bees dont get varroa mite - YAY

gargaloo vine growing around & thru the box tree like it was butter?

Supplejacks start out as vines & like a semi-arid zone strangler fig.

this stray branch has a blunt burnt end so its a pointer/ directional tree

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