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gnarls, burls, sap & switchbacks

another burl TB

amputation stumps CB

axecut burl Preist

blown out base FL

amputation scar AG

old scar cumbul

Goorie roots & loulou

if the wind changes..coolibah sap SP

blown out burl TB

remnant redgum burls

box V boonery AG

branch bolls Moonal

what is this whitewood burl? - Butlers boundary

burl between CB

brigalow sap in Preist

dogface - Boonery

burls'n'scar TB

Goorie redgum Burl

sap on leopardwood close

leopardwood sap

gnarly old bugga

knarly old fella Mooroo

stone axe cut burl W

branch removal ? Newtons

sideveiw of box in Newtons

lovely old burl Stud

knuckle down CB

old scar & burl Preist

rough bark Stud

santaclaus - Boonery

sap eruption Stud

interesting scar Telinebone

who shot the sheriff - Boonery

blown out base SP

lovely woodgrain Kraka

sunken old coolamon in Kraka

diseased coolabah?

big burl back TB

Owenia acidula sap scars

weird myall tree sap

leopardwood sap stud

been around awhile MW

knarled scar Merrywinebah

burls on billabongs F1

nice old gnarly thing F1

more coolibah sap

strange old burl G

Belah tree burls in Goorie

alien....Wallangilla

lumps & bumps W

knuckle dusters G

crime scene in Wallangilla

ugly old bugga WG

narly old coolie WB

the toad in Cumbul

curled wood flap WB

strange knot WB

the snail Warrambool

lava flow ...brigalow gnarl

nice old gnarl WB

coolabah knot ration

unusual pine tree protuberance G

the corset - Goorie

soft sap on Belah tree K

wood flaps in Keero

Belah sap. Keero

Whitewood sap Keero

A - the veteran....

old burley one Bottlecamp

native knot Antigar

RT wood knot for bird's nest?

RT - big dead wood gnarl

RT v.old man made burl

old severed branch keero

unusual axcut burl Keero

old knobbly one with standard scar

half a gnarl - Keero

old crusty saddle scar - Keero

sideshow clown ? - keero

bright Colane sap & vines

sap punctures unknown tree

funny old fellows in Goorie

lepardwood sap Crop

Burl in Boonery

old burls in Keero

knarled branch break K

leopardwood sap Crop

massive knarled knot WB

overgrowth on burl WB

big burly bugga WB

big burl in Keero

sap spurts Antigar

sap oozing from burl Myall

sap farming on Rosewood

burl coolamon & boonery bugs

ancient excrescence BB

leopardwood sap Preist

heartwood flap scars K

massive low burls/scar TB

axe burl standard close K

old scar & burls TB

sap leak beefwood roots B

sap leak beefwood trunk

sap bubbles Butlers

bright orange belah sap W

skull burl Warrambool

burl boil in Warrambool

old scar'n'burl WB

seats for spirits close

blood sweat & tears WB

old gnarled trunk WB

gnarly tree & dog WB

looloo with gnarls & burls

old scar with strange smooth burls WG

scar 'n' sap in the Pocket

axcut burls Wallangilla

boil burl on bimble box

bumpy burly bugga P

elephant man ...... Preist

sap on Emu apple/ guri tree

sap on needlewood W

fallen burlwood growth F2

burns & burls Moonal

closing scar with axe burl

3 fingered fist burl Stud

redback spider outgrowth

gnarly roots & fungus K

burls'n'scars'n'stuff WB

grub search on burl Kraka

gnarly old coolie stump M

burls & bumps & big scar

inside the wart HP

typical old burl in Telinebone

beautiful burl in Telinebone

old fallen branch knot TB

Belah ( Bilaarr ) tree burl

concave scar with axcut burl

Beefwood sap Moonal

whitewood sap after rain

whitewood sap HP

burl in Warrambool

burl coolamon WB

low scar + burl WB

bottom burl in Cumbul

sap bubbles in bark

almost shut coolamon CB

closing scar & axcut burls CB

sap scab Telinebone

big burl in Warrambool

very old low lumpy coolamon tree

melting candle tree C

lumpy old fire scarred tree

GaynGayn crystal sap

strange burn & burl Priest

huge trunk skirt burl M

leopardwood sap close

axcut burl on coolamon TB

basketball burl TB

axcut burls Telinebone

gnarly old campfire scar

naturally weathered burl

branch tear/weathered burl

gnarly bumpy burly scar TB

gnarly old bimble box

currant bush sap

lumps & bumps TB

old fire scarring & burl K

RT gnarly closing scar

RT basket ball burl & burns

RT pinetree sap

Rt blown out burl

RT big burly branch

BR big redgum burl

BR gnarly old lookout tree

old burl flap Brigalow

burls & gnarls & healed scars Telinebone

burl or bust in Cumbul

saddle burl Wallangilla

FW blown out base burl

CS gnarly fireplace tree

UFO sighting in Goorie

NB Pine tree burl & sap close

NB wood burl roses

NB gnarly armchair

NB curly burly scar top

NB blown box tree base

NB big blownout burls

NB bumps'n'burls

NB balloon burls

recent ball burl Goorie

GY fallen dead burl tree

GY sap spurts close

GY burl coolamon

ropes of sap on an old coolabah

frilly base burl Nardoo

tree sap Merrywinebah

bumps & burls Goorie

burl balloons Warrambool

ugly gnarly fella WG

burly scar close... fire ?

balloon burls WG

leopardwood sap + ant

lava like sap leopardwood

RT eroded old wood burl

A gnarly old coolabah base

more leopardwood sap BC

indig. chewing gum apparently

gnarls & burls & coolies SP

G ancient gnarly coolabah

G low burly coolamon & epicormic shoot

boonery - rosewood - sap

A bulbous base burl

G embedded vine & old sap

emu apple/ guri/ Owenia acidula sap BC

dying leoparwood sap BC

gnarly old fella in Priest

healthy leopardwood sap

A Ring tree sap waterfall

RT axcut burl on closing scar

RT massive low burl

RT battle of the burls

RT axcut wound burl

RT big mid tree burl

RT big burls-deliberate or disease?

RT big old axcut burls

RT gnarly old bimblebox scar

RT 3 bald burls close veiw

G gnarly old coolabah

NB Falling in love....

RT welcome to scarland

BH gnarly old bugga back view

BH gnarly old bugga front view

BH fireplace with low burl

Colane/Guri/Emu apple sap

G small burl coolamon

G burl coolamon revisit

G broken old burl

G gnarly old bugga

long low axtrax burl

G warts & all fireplace

G battered old coolabah

G spot burn burl

G bumps & burls & cuts

gnarly old fireplace scar S

bumps & burls & epi shoot

who does this look like ? G

RT boxtree burl & toupee

saddle burl in Telinebone

A boil type burl

FW blown out base burl

sap and lichen far

bleeding bimblebox ...

GGS insect burl

A - still alive but only just

A old coolabah flaps

A coolibah scars & burls

Leopardwood knot Goorie

gnarly based scartree in Pocket

A pot bellied old coolabah

A gnarly old burn scar

G coolabah pocket

G burly old fella

CS very gnarly old coolabah

huge leopardwood burl P

big fat coolabah burl

leopardwood sap close

L unusual detached coolabah burl

CS burls & scars on big old coolabah

FW big burly fella

Bingo wing burls

black wattle sap along the Ginghet

KW big base burl - CMT

branch burl in walllangilla

Christine Dugan with the big burly fella in Tungra

v.old gnarly split box with big bumble guest

blown out base burl tri trunked box tree

coolamon burl Cumborah

wood burl pot plant

big base burl in Warrambool channel

massive branch burl TB

“’O Sole Mio”

leopardwood sap

BH old vine knot

Black box (Eucalyptus largiflorens) sap

big old burl based manipulated box tree at camp

Bimblebox ringtree leaking sap

cypress pine sap

big broken burl in the sandhills

more recent burl

older type burl

gnarled up old rosewood at Warrambool camp

fading old wood burls

redgum guest in box tree burl

Belah tree burl

gnarly old fireplace scar in Ration

WV magnificent old gnarly box tree

huge base burl on big old box tree TB

gnarled branch stub with vertical regrowth - cultural

culturally modified branch stub requiring exceptional skill WG

high ball type burl

burls & cracks all round

axe cut burls - showing original scar dimensions

big scar related burls

big boulder type burls - cultural not natural

axe cut burl on black box Cuddie springs

another Cuddie springs burl

gnarly old black box dropping limbs

very old faceless coolamon with prominent axe burl

this big burly box is a sight to behold T

big burly box from behind - Tungra

this burl has been cut into to extract something

axe cut burl on Tungra scar

droopy burls - not natural

basketball burl - axe cut infection?

burly bum type box tree - very old T

cambium split & burls - cultural

burst burls - grub search?

gnarly old occupied scartree T

Tis the season to be sappy ...tralalala etc

leopardwood sap

big bottomed burl in Tungra sandhills

gnarly rooted old fella gives up the ghost

the first colonizer - growing on a cracked old box burl base

gnarly old scarred tree T3

burls are caused by tumor growth or insects or axe cuts

they can also form due to other stressors & serve to protect the tree

these gnarly old trees are beautiful in their own way

big burl on small tree T4

this gnarly old fella is so old its hard to tell what the original scar was

gnarly old fella at Bobs camp

axe burls & collar cut knots

big dead intricate burl

base burls & faces

wood burls are their own artform

the world's oldest coolabah at Avon catchment

I was introduced to funny tree faces by Kirsten Jeffcoat

leopardwood burls

you've gotta love this old duck

old burls beginning to break up

old scar with axcut burls

big burl on a heavily manipulated boxtree

big see thru 'burst' burl

axe cut burl on coolamon

sappy leopardwood

leopardwood saddle burl oozing sap

this leopardwood tree is dying - the sap is hard & cracked

gnarly old scar tree in the moonal

scar & burl in new Priest camp

big burly bugga

love this high burled edge scarring

this old box looks like its got boils - seen before

this burled up scar looks familiar too

leopardwood burl

this gnarly old coolabah has been living down the Ginghet for a long long time

blackbox burls have a tendency to reshoot

burls & tree boils & just manipulated to buggery

another totally mucked up dead eucalypt. Take a walk on the wild side?

leopardwood sap - dont you love it?

leopardwood sappy burl

crusty leopardwood sap

closed scars sometimes have burls like buttons

big gnarly blown out base boxtree south of Cuddie springs

Batman & big old burly murramanaarr boxtree

dead double scars with axe cut burls

these knobs & burls were caused by a fire set up against the tree

big burl on side of closing scar TB

bald old burl - Billibingbone rd swamp

big old blackbox or coolibah burl

big burl & beautiful in its own way

these big burl base box trees are very old - Jen Silcock told me - BBB rd

I can see a dog in this box burl - possibly because Im on my 3rd glass of shiraz?

I love box tree sap - very blood like

why does the sap leak out through the bark like this?

ground burls are quite rare - not natural I suspect?

bimble box leaking sap

big high burl - Gungalman rd - not naturally occuring

this old box looks like its bleeding to death!

flat fronted wood burls

gnarls & burls & sap & wasp galls

ball bearing burl - love em

gnarly old scar in the TCS

big base burl TCS

big old boxtree burl that is the entrance to a bird's nest TCS

ball bearing type burl

knot type burl on fallen eucalypt

long dead axe cut burls G.R

honeycomb type burls Minoru

old quinine tree bark & sap

burls on a big old camp fire scar tree on the neighbour's sandslice

this is the gnarly base on a the dead triple coolamon tree

whitewood sap - this tree is under the monster coolamon

strange bark covered coolabah protuberance - unknown

axe cut burl on a budda tree

gnarly old bugga on the neighbours

unusual severed branch burl

low cultural burls - axe spread infections most likely cause.

whitewood - birraa - Atalaya hemiglauca - sap

axe cut burl - old

2 different views of the same burl with unintended result

beautiful big belah tree burl in the dead box swamp GNR

big box burl Gali gurranaa camp

beautiful big belah burl near the GNR

gnarly burly coolabah roadside Burren Junction

got nothin on the old girl at the Avon natural water catchment ...

belar burl with greenish fungi - colours of the bush ...

beefwood sap looks like smooth peanut butter

2 sides of a bumpy old box in Stud

leopardwood sap - for glue & Indig. cement & chewing on

Whitewood axe-cut burl - creating a WWW I think

coolamon & burl on dead coolabah - possibly related

adding switchbacks to this archive as well - natural or not?

honey coloured leopardwood sap

reversal of fortune - leopardwood switchback

this whitewood branch also changed its mind - or was made to, rather

this severe bending of branches must have taken extreme skill

otherwise the branch would break & die - whitewood switchbacks

another example of a whitewood 180 - sign of passing

branches were bent to let others know which way they went Im told

whole trees were adjusted in this manner - usually whitewoods

broken burl - unknown - possibly natural?

myall switchbacks to make frame for shelter

myall shelter switch backs not natural no way

pumpkin shaped burl in the GG camp

big metastasizing burl on old scartree CC camp

another lovely burl on scar - fire related I think

axe cut burls are the result of poor stone axe hygiene (joke)

here is the gorgeous big scar it belongs to - divine!

2 views of a very burly old dead coolabah in the Ginghet

gnarly old GG box burl

leopardwood sap - love it!

double whitewood switchback

sometimes it forms golden globes, other times it overflows

another whitewood 180% - mostly natural?

possum burl - cute

whitewood switchback - 2 views

burly old box - 2 views

ball bearing type burl - love this type

enormous burls on Ginghet coolabah

I think this is a join up burl where 2 coolabah trees are connected

yellow box sap ( Eucalyptus melliodora)

as ugly as the arse end of a fly blown merino & Ive seen plenty ...

from the side this tree looks reptilian - nightmare black box

axe cut burl on an old scar GNR

rosewood switchback, McDonalds

extremely gnarled scarred twisted coolabah on the big warrambool

hard to see how a tree could survive this much twisting & scarring

hard to know which archive to put this see thru box with kernel?

2 views of the inside of a box tree - beginnings of life

axe cut burl & sap trail

pine branch switchback along Gingie rd

old burls on a campfire tree down the Warrambool

switchback on a whitewood or rosewood WB

close up of switchback - man-made I think

trunk flap or burl - I dunno why or how they made these?

the lollipop ring or switchback is alive but the upper trunk has died

axe cut burl on almost closed scar - very old

big stone axe burl on old ground coolamon Wilby Wilby rd

leopardwood sap - the most photogenic of all

gnarly old guy - probably a campfire tree originally - Bokhara warrambool

stone axe burl on outside of a special whitewood window tree

leopardwood seeds & sap

burled up base of a big coolibah on the Marra ck

coolabah burl at Billybingbone bridge camp

2 views of a big burled coolabah near Marra ck

very old broken off coolabah burl at the BFC camp

another big burl at this ancient camp

2 views of scarred whitewood with switchback BBB bridge

2 views of a big gnarly scarred coolabah with huge lignotuber base BFC camp

coolabah lignotuber burl at Macquarie camp

big base burl or lignotuber BBB rd

burly box V scarred supplejack. the burl makes a 'ring' from certain angles

This Ginghet coolabah is dripping sap

& this is where it's fallen

this may be a pointer or just an old dead coolabah branch

but it pulled out easily - you can see this tree is also full of sap

lovely fallen branch burl

burly old bugga on the GNR

if you think this lignotuber is naturally occurring you havent been out bush much

burly old broken coolabah coolamon

if this tree was near a main road all these burls would be cut off by now

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