Thank you Josh/Glenda - I'll label the photos I have with both names (just in case

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I'm only a relative newcomer to this magnificent country - only been here for 36 years on Dec 28th this year

but I've never ceased to be amazed by the strength, durability and tenacity - and rugged beauty of some of the trees I've seen since coming here. I spent 10 years in the Pilbara WA and have been lucky enough to see (and go inside) the Boab 'Prison tree' in Derby. The natural windswept trees just south of Geraldton and the stark contrast of the massive Karri trees around Pemberton is also awesome. I think we might have just about the most diverse flora in one country than any other country in the world (Africa isn't a country - and the Amazon is all rain-forest).
I don't have any photos of the windswept ones from Geraldton, but I do have a couple of photos of the Prison Tree - one taken in 1975 and the other in 1989, I'll post them here in another topic.