05 Dec
Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 5th December 2025
There are many Queensland Bottle Trees (Brachychiton rupestris) throughout the the Wollongong Botanic Garden, and this particularly stunning one always draws my eye:

A magnificent Brachychiton rupestris (Queensland Bottle Tree)
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This same photo is here as well.
Sadly, idiots just have to deface things, and many of the trees, including this one, are covered in this kind of thing:

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But with a lifespan north of 100 years, do these trees even notice?
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