Aussie Native Bonsai pic's for the AusBonsai header

[Pup]

I would first of all like to thank you all for this. For with out the encouragement I had it would have been different.
I think you know what I mean. Thank you for the vote of confidence. Pup

[banksia]

Congratulations everyone, all very nice trees. Onya Pup. A worthy winner...and a West Aussie. I must admit I thought Daves Banksia was going to get it.

Cheers!
Anthony

[mudlarkpottery]

Well done and congratulations to you all! Is this going to be an annual event? If so, the rest of us should get moving now.
Penny.

[Si Van Nguyen]

Thanks Ausbonsai.com! I got the third place finish, which is great. I thought the 4th place finisher was the best in my book, but then again, I am not an Aussie and I am not familiar with how these trees actually looked in real life . Congratulations to everyone.
Thanks Antonio for introducing me to this place and this contest. The contest wasn't important to me. It was just a nice opportunity to show my tree and to make some new friends. I was hoping to see more bonsais like some giant Port Jackson figs though.
Steve, you should do the contest again in a few years. The logo tree should be changed every once in a while anyway.
Thanks again!
Si

[Jon Chown]

Thank you everyone for your comments. As Steven said, this has been our first competition so obviously there has been many lessons learnt and in particular I would like to expand on Si Van Nguyens comments (I hope you dont mind)

I thought the 4th place finisher was the best in my book

Judging is not an easy task as people see things in different perspective and have different likes and dislikes and keeping personal feelings out of judging is a difficult task. Reading Sis' comments above leads me to believe that their should be a 'Peoples Choice' award included in the next comp.

The contest wasn't important to me. It was just a nice opportunity to show my tree and to make some new friends. I was hoping to see more bonsais like some giant Port Jackson figs though.

Excellent attitude mate and I'm sure that we would have liked more entries as well.

Steve, you should do the contest again in a few years.

For sure we should have more competitions but I believe that this one should become an annual event and we should look for a sponsor and get it out there in Australia. We will also have to improve our Photographic skills or pay someone to take the photo for the competition and in order to make this viable it might be necessary to make the sponsor make the prize pool a little more interesting.

Just my thoughts and interesting to hear others opinions.

Jon

[aaron_tas]

great ideas jon

[Pup]

Another thank you is now warranted. My prize has just arrived and very nice too, it will now complete the set of SS.
Thank you AusBonsai oh! and Steven Pup

[PeterW]

Another thank you is now warranted. My prize has just arrived and very nice too, it will now complete the set of SS.
Thank you AusBonsai oh! and Steven Pup

Well deserved Pup. I am sure you will put them to good use.
Regards
Peter

[Milehigh_7]

Wow I am impressed! Many of those species I have never seen before and wow did you all put on a show. Keep up the good work!