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<blockquote data-quote="dwt" data-source="post: 61617" data-attributes="member: 428"><p>I have to say though, page 27 where it shows the old fella standing at the base of a fallen tree is very impressive ....and for those that havnt seen this book,part of the page states 8) "Mr. George W. Robinson ascertained, in the back ranges of Berwick, the circumfrence of a tree of ECUALYPTUS AMYGDDALINA to be 81 feet at a distance of four feet from the ground, and supposes this eucalypt, towards the sources of the Yarra and La Trobe Rivers, to attain a height of half a thousand feet".........thats pretty bloody amazing if you ask me....just imagine being around in that era, gold lying on the surface to the extent place's were nicknamed "the potatoe fields because the gold was laying aroundon the surface and was the size of a (very tasty) spud and them coming across trees like one of these......must of been truly amazing.....................then cut the bastard down and make a ships mast out of her.... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dwt, post: 61617, member: 428"] I have to say though, page 27 where it shows the old fella standing at the base of a fallen tree is very impressive ....and for those that havnt seen this book,part of the page states 8) "Mr. George W. Robinson ascertained, in the back ranges of Berwick, the circumfrence of a tree of ECUALYPTUS AMYGDDALINA to be 81 feet at a distance of four feet from the ground, and supposes this eucalypt, towards the sources of the Yarra and La Trobe Rivers, to attain a height of half a thousand feet".........thats pretty bloody amazing if you ask me....just imagine being around in that era, gold lying on the surface to the extent place's were nicknamed "the potatoe fields because the gold was laying aroundon the surface and was the size of a (very tasty) spud and them coming across trees like one of these......must of been truly amazing.....................then cut the bastard down and make a ships mast out of her.... :o [/QUOTE]
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