Ringtrees

Mc extreme whitewood

Mc bent whitewood ring

Belah manipulation Goorie

Belah ring close Goorie

Bimblebox ring front NB

Bimblebox ring back NB

Rosewood branch ring NB

Rosewood high branch ring NB

Coolibah inosculation NB

inosculation kiss NB

Bimblebox ring NB

Bimblebox ring close NB

Boxtree breezeway NB

Boxtree breezeway close NB

Bimblebox ring low Goorie

see thru bimble box Goorie

toilet seat dead ringtree

fishing net coolibah FW

Ginghet creek fish trap FW

Coolibah for fish nets FW

Leopardwood ring A

Leopardwood ring reverse A

relaxing ring Warrambool

relaxing ringtree WB

dead Coolibah ring A

dead coolibah ring close A

Coolibah inosculation BR

Inosculation close BR

Ringtree on billabong NB

Billabong ringtree NB

Coolibah B/bong R/tree Mc

Billabong ringtree Mc

dead coolibah ring A

dead coolibah ring close A

Rosewood/boonery ring NB

Inosculation unknown tree NB

Inosculation close NB

Inosculation high unknown

Allan Tighe & B/bong R/tree

Looloo & B/bong R/tree

Bruce Pascoe meets L/wood R/tree

Leopardwood ringtree A

L/wood total branch ring A

Belar ring accidental ? G

Belar ring reverse G

Leopardwood ring A ?

Leopardwood ring close

Rosewood ring somewhere?

Rosewood ring & Cubby

manipulated Guri tree G

Guri/emu apple ringtree G

Rosewood/Boonery ring

Rosewood ring reverse

Ironwood branch ring RT

Ironwood branch ring close RT

L/wood ring & pointer? A

L/wood sap cascade A

Oldest coolibah ringtree G

Oldest ringtree reverse G

Bumble/wild orange ring RT

special Bumble ring RT

L/wood ring & bridge A

Leopardwood bridge A

tragic rung ring tree RT

rung ringtree close RT

WTF ring +pointer G

unique ringtree/pointer

Leopardwood ringtree A

leopardwood ring A

rare Bumble ringtree A

rare Bumble ring close A

leopardwood ring no 5 A

ring handles unknown tree

leopardwood ring Mc

Coolibah branch ring Mc

coolibah branch ring above

L/wood ring no 8 A

L/wood double ring? A

V.old coolibah ringtree A

coolibah ringtree apex A

new Blackbox ring Pocket

new blackbox ring close P

Box ring & high 3/4 scar WB

Box tree 3/4 scar face WB

Lep/wood ring Bottle camp

leopardwood ring close BC

Dr Who infinity ring BC

outrageous branch bow A

Branch bow diff. angle A

old L/wood centre ring G

L/wood centre ring reverse G

window in my heart ring WB

here forever Rosewood A

here forever Rosewood A

old coolibah ring unburnt A

old coolabah ring burnt A

double ring with pointer B

double ring with pointer

scrub cutting l/wood ring B

L/wood ringtree scrub cutting

coolibah ringtree G

coolibah ringtree close G

old coolibah inosculation M

inosculation in the Moonal

unique Beefwood ring

Beefwood ring close up

V.old leopardwood ring G

L/wood ring almost shut G

Coolibah ringtree G

coolibah ring close up G

lollypop branch ring CB

lollypop branch ring close CB

lollypop ring Cumbul

Boxtree breezeway S

dead Belar inosculation WG

Belah inosculation kiss WG

Original boxtree ring TB

big box ring tying point TB

original box ring reverse TB

Leopardwood ringtree A

Bumble/Wild orange ring WG

Bumble ring tying point WG

crazy whitewood A

unknown aged ringtree

unknown ringtree reverse

diff. species inosculation

coolibah & belar kiss G

leopardwood rings A

new box ring & Allan Tighe TB

new boxtree ring close TB

unusual boxtree ring CB

new Ringtree Wallangilla

new Ring reverse side WG

weld type Ring bridge close

burnt edged ring Nth veiw

burnt edged ring Sth view

old boonery ringtree Goorie

Rosewood ringtree Goorie

A 1st of 3 rings around billabong

A 1st of 3 billabong Ringtrees

A 2nd of 3 billabong rings

A 2nd of 3 Rings at billabong

A 3rd of 3 billabong rings

A 3rd ring all coolabah

A This is the Billabong

A dry billabong with 3 Ringtrees

A sandy camp Wilga Ring

A sandy camp wilga ring

Possible box ring Goorie

new boxtree ring ? G

Double ring 'handles' WG

Ring handles Wallangilla

RT new box Ringtree

RT branch merge site

RT see thru accidental coolabah ring

Chimera chase ringtree

G 3 ringed circus

possible Boonery Ring on billabong TB

A boonery double ring

A boonery single ring

A boonery Ringtree

FW leopardwood branch ring

new branch Ring in Priest

Rosewood Ring Priest

A Ringtree country

Redgum Ringtree in the marshes

Macquarie marshes ring close

back view Ringtree in marshes

unusual Belah ring tree

GGS blackbox Ring in swamp

GGS blackbox Ringtree

Marungle Ringtree no 1

M blackbox ring tree 1

M blackbox ringtree 1 reverse

Marungle ringtree no. 2

M ringtree 2 reverse

Marungle ringtree 3

M ring tree 3 close

M ringtree no 3

Marungle ringtree 4

M Ringtree 4 reverse

M V.important water hole with 4 ringtrees

dead ringtree Spillbury

unknown dead ringtree SP

manipulated Belah in Warrambool

back view of manipulated Belah

leopardwood ring in Goorie

leopardwood Ringtree close

leopardwood ring reverse close G

Coolibah Ringtree Goorie

Coolabah Ring close G

Coolabah ring reverse G

leopardwood ring tree Shed

leopardwood Ringtree in Shed

dead coolabah ringtree in Pocket

dead coolabah Ring P

leopardwood Ring Pocket or Shed paddock

leopardwood ring somewhere?

Box tree ring near huts near old well

box tree ring close up

dead coolabah ringtree in Pocket

leopardwood ring in Pocket or Shed

A bush tomato growing on a Ringtree

A hidden billabong with Ringtree indicator

G Ring & pointer revisit

leopardwood Ring revisit Shed

manipulated bimblebox S

tangled branched bimblebox S

leopardwood kiss - possibly natural

CS coolabah Ringtree nth side

CS coolabah ringtree close

T Boonery/boxtree Ring

T inosculation point

T whitewood Ringtree revisit

T boxtree Ring revisit

bimblebox ringtree Priest

bimblebox ring in Priest

small dead Ringtree unknown species P

Very very old Ringtree?

unusual Ringtree in Cumbul

when a Ring not a Ringtree WB

back view WB not Ringtree?

new Ringtree in Mooroo

Mooroo ringtree close

whitewood ring in Telinebone

big bimblebox Ringtree TB

Ringtree join Telinebone

L dead low coolabah ring

L dead coolabah ring looking north

L dead coolabah ring with thorny saltbush

L 4ring circus middle ring old

L 4ring circus old ring high

L 4ring circus - seeing is believing

CS rosewood ring most likely natural

CS boonery/rosewood natural ring

CS dead ringtree - possibly belah?

CS dead ringtree close

CS amazing high dead coolabah double rings

CS high up double rings dead coolabah

CS aged coolabah Ringtree

CS overgrown Ring close

RT 1 ring to rule them all ...

RT only known Belar Ringtree

RT Only fully functioning known Belar Ringtree

RT Belar (Casuarina cristata) Ringtree

RT double box Ringtree at firebox swamp

RT new bimblebox double ring close

RT deep coolamon with manipulated branches

RT see thru box tree

RT new bimblebox Ringtree

Rt Bimblebox Ringtree

Rt 3 legged bumble revisit

RT bimblebox Ringtree

RT bimblebox Ringtree bridge

BR big old river redgum ringtree

BR reverse side redgum ring

BR redgum ring with river views

BR river redgum ring closer

BR artificial ringtree - coolamon removal

BR Allan inspects stolen coolamon

BR chainsaw theft

FW Ringtree junction

FW Wailwun boxtree ring

Tungra double ring box tree marking well water

whitewood growing thru leopardwood double ring S

leopardwood double ring with whitewood in Stud

leopardwood/ whitewood crazy ringtree

weird leopardwood / whitewood entwining S

Warren Mason under the wedding arch in TB

whitewood loop da loop branches in Pocket

whitewood loop da loops - natural or cultural?

deliberate boxtree mini ring in Pocket

whitewood ring in Warrambool - natural?

split trunk coolabah - unknown cultural reason WB

think this coolabah ring is natural too

natural coolabah ring reverse side

whitewood loop da loop - natural

rosewood manipulation - natural or cultural? SP

rosewood inosculation point Spillbury

Michelle Bowden with permanent camp box ring

coolabah ringtree in Mooroo

Mooroo ringtree close up

Ringtree in Cumbul

Cumbul ringtree inosculation point

black box ringtree in swamp 3 ks from Cuddie springs

black box ringtree showing 2 inosculation pts

leopardwood double ring in Stud

rosewood ring with gargaloo vine

BH Ringtree where the run off channels meet

BH Ringtree at the best available water source

FW coolabah ringtree with wilga TinT on billabong

FW Wailwun coolabah ringtree - dig here in drought

coolabah Ring in Cumbul - cultural

coolabah ringtree - cultural not natural CB

this ringtree is also double scarred TB

bimblebox forced inosculation point TB

Ring tree for the well at the shearing shed

reverse side of that ringtree shows coolabah inosculation

indecisive whitewood

old multi ringed bimblebox at Avon

same tree different angle Avon

whitewood ring possibly natural

This pine "ring" is too young 2B cultural

These bimblebox ringtrees are cultural !

Ring 1 needed to be tied together longer

Ring 2 needed a grinding stone inserted for longer

In my opinion this is a rudimentary Ring tree

double ringed Coolabah in Avon

coolabah "ring" looking east

coolabah ring looking west

another Avon Ringtree

another Avon Ringtree from different angle

branch 360 - human hands did this not nature

special branch 'ring' in Avon

leopardwood branch ring relocated

leopardwood branch ring Avon tank

leopardwood ringtree revisit A

Mc very old ringtree revisit

FW lovely Wailwun ringtree at camp

very high boxtree ring with burns & peach bush

2 branches have been tied together 4 generations

to make this special Ringtree - exquisite!

natural or recent Black box ring

leopardwood ringtree in cluster prob. natural

leopardwood ringtree close up - natural I think

inosculation (joining) point

rosewood switchback possibly cultural?

rosewood switch back from the side - unknown

when is a ring is not a ring - hole caused by scar decay

big old boxtree ring in Ration

Ration boxtree inosculation/ merge point

boxtree branches in double twist in Ration

fallen coolabah ringtree on Wailwun country

small fallen Wailwun ringtree

small fallen Gomeroi ringtree - Stud

fallen coolabah ringtree in Stud

carved burnt & rubbed semi circle - unknown

wood slab with half ring carved out - Why?

carved & burnt & rubbed smooth ?? for navigation?

dead coolabah ringtree in Telinebone

coolabah ringtree inosculation point

reverse side of dead ringtree in Telinebone

This Goorie TinT is also a Ringtree

inosculation point of TinT/ Ringtree

sentinel coolabah Ringtree Avon

sentinel ringtree east veiw - half a millennium old

sentinel coolabah - part of the songlines of this county

navigating by the trees not the stars. Directional Avon ringtree

more recent "rung" coolabah ringtree

Rung ringtree sad but true - Avon

Not a ringtree but a faceless coolabah coolamon

bumble/ wild orange branch ring

bumble ring possibly natural probably not

First ever Eurah ringtree - TB billabong

Eurah - Eremophila bignoniiflora Ringtree

Whitewood Ringtree looking more like a sculpture TB

this whitewood tree has been split & rejoined in the centre TB

The holey whitewood is an accidental ringtree caused by branch fall

This is a very old Tallowood Ringtree near Comboyne on the GDR

the Ring is deliberate but for Dunghutti? cultural reasons

this is a coolabah ringtree in Warrambool paddock

here is the inosculation point where the branches were tied

and here is the billabong where it lives. When the billabong you can dig for water

this is possibly a more recent coolabah ringtree in Cumbul

you can see how the branches are touching but not really joining

This coolibah at Cuddie springs may be a more recent ringtree

the branches aren't properly merged but the shape is typical

I call this old coolabah next door the 3 ringed circus

they have woven & attached a branch up through the centre

also has a very old trunk ring - has to be seen to be believed!

This coolabah ringtree was 1 of 4 around the waterhole in the background

the old natural catchment aka billabong. Was Important back then

prototype ring - the trunk & epicormic shoot are joined

reverse side - not a ring but not natural either T

ringtree with pointer in Tungra - very clever

reverse side - have only seen 1 other ringtree with pointer - on Guiseley 20 ks north

rosewood ring that could be the result of scrub cutting T

hard to tell if this junction is natural or cultural in origin

blackbox ringtree Boree

wailwun ringtree Boree

1 of those maybe/maybe not ringtrees Boree

the other side is also inconclusive Boree

bimblebox ringtree Tungra

reverse side showing broken limb

looks like this tree is doing a hand stand?

here is the reverse side

close up of the "Ring"

close up reverse side

coolabah ringtree on Spillbury tank

reverse side

coolabah ringtree showing where the water is

in drought this ringtree says DIG HERE

nearby ringtree at Spillbury

there are 4 ringtrees here & a TinT

another fire related ring at the same location

this is the reverse side ...

this ringtree is right beside a rosewood TinT

4 ringtrees & 1 TinT means this was a very important place!

this Ring points toward a large billabong on sandhill edge T

It was created by separating & tying the trunks together

this is NOT a Ringtree the hole its caused by opposing scarfaces falling out over time

This boxtree Ring may or may not be genuine

there is a definite inosculation point but it could be natural

This Tungra Ringtree is very old and has almost closed up

within a few decades this ring will be gone

This is a shame because the cultural information displayed will be lost

this is a redgum Ring in the sandhills but is probably natural

the inosculation point is not old. The redgums themselves prove there is underground water

Ringtrees were created to indicate the availability of water

the inosculation point here is hundreds of year old

this could be a deliberate "ring" - Ive seen this type before

they were adept at shaping trees - the original "treechangers"

Ringtree at bob's camp Tungra

the reverse scar is fire related - shame the top branch has broken off

rosewood ring - probably caused by branch drop

why were circles were made & their edges burnt - navigation aid?

wailwun ringtree

I think its a black box ring from memory

leopardwood ring also natural I think

NN big bimblebox Ringtree

the inosculation point or join has come apart with age

NN this burled old box has a small trunk ring

It may be the result of 2 opposing faceless coolamons?

this looks more like a natural ring..

leopardwoods seem to inosculate/ merge easily

coolabah also inosculate relatively easily

with bimblebox its more likely the 2 opposing coolamons are faceless

like this old box ringtree that isnt made by tying branches together

its caused by a faceless coolamon & big fire scar on the other side

I dont think this coolabah ring in Cumbul is man made either - too flimsy

this may or may not be a blackbox ringtree - the scarring is sus

same with this ring - possibly cultural?

coolibah ringtree on the warrambool

this WB ringtree has been rung but has survived

this crazy coolabah may have been dead awhile but is still awesome

they have taken a coolabah sapling & bent it over so it reroots

then they have made a ring using one of the branches ...

so much to learn from the 'old clever people' as Allan Tighe calls them

they also made Belah tree rings along the big Warrambool

belah tree inosculation points

another belah "ring" at the same billabong

artificial bridge created between the trunk & the branch

leopardwood ringtree on the neighbours place

looking north

looking south

not far from the unique coolabah branch ring

box tree ring in the sanctuary

bimble box rings are harder to create than coolabah & leopardwood

pine tree rings create themselves - gravity doesnt apply to them

not a traditional ring but a circular hole thru a box stump for navigation

leopardwood ringtree in Stud paddock

reverse side

redgum Ring tree at the Mammoth cave Margaret River W.A

I told the guide & she said "what's a Ring tree?"

the ultimate double ring at the moonal hole - extremely old

rosewood/ boonery ringtree (Alectryon oleifolius)

Ringtrees signify water - a reliable chain of billabongs in this case

this box tree is heavily scarred so the "ring" may be accidental

ie coolamons on opposite sides of an old hollow box tree

Ringtrees are sometimes found around very old tanks

Big dead double ringtree on neighbours RT

double rings were all the rage here on Murra-manaarr

Ringtree along the warrambool - seen before

my favourite ringtree - the bumble/ wild orange tripod RT

except for this classic dead coolabah ring

This is a deliberate whitewood (birraa) ringtree

the trunks are joined not just touching like other scrub-cut rings

coolabah ring revisited on Avon

I think this is a natural ring but given where its living I think its suss.

old coolabah ringtree on natural water catchment Avon - see the goanna tail?

old coolabah ringtree up the eastern end of Avon - love it!

Ringtrees mean water & water means life. Old trees - old culture

strange leopardwood ring - may or may not be cultural

Ginghet floodplain ringtree - blackbox or coolabah

I think this ringtree is cultural but not 100% convinced

this big old box ringtree is also scarred on both sides

living in the sandhill on Sparkes warrambool - here is the inosculation point

another bimblebox ring on the Barwon floodplains

the inosculation point is where they tied the trunks together

big unique box ringtree in Priest. Why settle for 1 ring?

here is where they tied the branches together - excellent climbers

belah ringtree in a group of 3 at the big warrambool camp

2nd belar ringtree at this camp

reverse side view looks better

beautiful Belah ringtree on the big warrambool - 1 of 3

here is the best of the 3 belah ringtrees - from a distance

1 ringtree can be dismissed as accidental but 3 in same area?

not a true coolabah ringtree but very manipulated none the less

this is a true coolabah ringtree living on the big warrambool

at the newly found camp with the rare leafless cherry TinT

here is the 2nd coolabah ringtree at this new camp in Warrambool

this coolabah ring is younger but its hard to know when they were created

this dead coolabah double looped tree is spectacular!

Arborists + Architects = Arbortects. Supreme tree manipulators ...

redgum ring tree down at the old wells in Telinebone

this may be the only remnant redgum ringtree in the world

rosewood double ring Telinebone

not naturally occurring - deliberate generational care

coolibah ringtree in a swamp just off Billybingbone rd

where the marra ck paleochannel intersects - Wailwun country

another coolibah ringtree along the Marra ck paleochannel

this next ringtree is a double with rings facing east/west & nth/sth

information contained in ringtrees was vital for successive generations

Priscilla & I found this new patch of belar (Casuarina cristata) ringtrees

and difficult to execute. I will call this Priscilla's place

some rings are incomplete because their creators are gone

The creators must have had plenty of time on their hands ...

These belar aka bilaarr rings are all in the same area

the odd man out is this dilapidated coolabah ring

priscilla photo bombed this pic taken from a different angle ..

unusual deliberate handle ring on a very old rosewood tree

close up you can guess the age of rosewood by the bark fissures

Bimblebox Ringtree on BillyBingBone rd

Bimblebox ringtree BBB rd

coolabah ringtree near the big billabongs in Cumbul

other side view - I dunno why I havent seen this one before?

Leon flick at a coolabah ringtree off Marra ck rd

Leon flick with most recent wailwun coolabah ring

big Gomilaroi whitewood ring tree in Kraka

whitewood ringtree & Wheatie

rosewood ring most likely naturally occurring

TCS Ringtree - broken reverse