trees
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Trees desecrated at Ravenswood
Residents of Soldier Road at Ravenswood contacted the Express last week angered at the desecration of a number of mature eucalypt trees on a local roadside. The furious residents said someone had taken it upon themselves to cut down four of the 30-foot trees on the picturesque roadside for firewood. The perpetrator has also reportedly ‘ring-barked’…
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Living treasures
At a carefully estimated 530 years of age the mighty yellow box tree standing at Maldon’s Bill Woodfull Reserve was there well before Captain Cook found his way to Australia. It stood during the Renaissance, as Leonardo da Vinci completed The Last Supper, and as Michelangelo added the finishing touches to The Last Judgement in…