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Gale Force Winds bring trees down in VIC
August 18th, 2009
On the weekend trees were brought down by wild weather across Melbourne and Victoria.
Gusts of wind up to 110 kilometres per hour were recorded.
A tree crashed into a house in Belgrave, while trees crashed onto roads in country Victoria.
Rare Chinese tree flowering – in Europe
August 14th, 2009
Emmenopterys henryi, Chinese flowering tree in Belgium by Hans Hillewaert on Wikipedia
If it wasn’t unusual enough for the endangered Chinese tree, Emmenopterys henryi to bloom, doing so just once every 20 to 25 years in China, then it is extremely unusual to happen at all in Europe … where it is out of its element and the climate isn’t normally suited.
Well it happened – at Belgium’s Arboretum of Kalmthout.
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Half our paddock gum trees to die due to poor farming practices ?
July 10th, 2009
Gum tree - Image from Flickr by ben britten from New York City, USA
According to a report from The Age, poor farming practices are apparently to blame for thousands upon thousands of century old eucyalypts dying in outback paddocks across south eastern Australia …
