A difficult image to get of this old tree, as it is surrounded by other trees &
bushes. Very soon ducks will take residence along with various parrots, possums
and other birds and animals... they start early in our mild winter climate.

I am at present pruning roses and have spent the last 3 days pruning just one
rose shrub, called "Sadlers Wells" - the first time I've attacked this big one
it got to a huge size, at least double my height & width, and it had a well developed sucker alongside which I had
to attack first. If you look up the rose itself, it is a very pretty semi-single
a soft cherry pink with pale centre.. they look like sweet peas as they bloom
in small clusters.

The ancient eucalyptus tree could be somewhere between 300 and 400 years old and
many limbs have fallen over the years. A bee hive resides high up in the tree, and
they've been there as long as we have been living here - over 40 years!