Wednesday 30 January 2008

The Old Tree Network


I took this picture while on holiday in Margaret River, Australia in October 2007. We kayaked up river from the mouth at the beach. Our first stop was this floating nearly 200-year-old island of tea trees, not far from the mouth. The island does not move away as the root system of the trees have anchored it quite well to the riverbed and bank. Walking on the ‘ground’ was like walking on a very damp mattress. The papery bark of the tea tree felt like thin kraft paper". Taken by Kisane

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

How fascinating!

roentare said...

Beautiful water and trees!

Anonymous said...

Namaste' Kisane this is spectacular! as an avid kayaker I felt a LOT of enthusiasm seeing this post, and was hoping to hear more about this adventure. Australia is one of my must places to visit some day ;0)Wonderful!
Metta.

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purplefugue said...

I'm thrilled to bits..many thanks. Margaret River is a place not to be missed, folks.

One correction to the info though: the trip was in November 2006. Sorry, didn't double check before I sent off the email.

You can read more about my trip here:
http://www.designindigo.com/2006/11/perth-margaret-river-holiday-food.html
and
http://www.designindigo.com/2006/11/perth-margaret-river-holiday.html

Nisreen M said...

First the idea of your blog is lovely.Also , U pick special spots that are wonderful. i choose this picture to comment under it as it awesome place, I always dreamed of this place

Mike said...

That is amazing. I didn't think it was real at first.

Aisha said...

It looks like a painting! Beautiful!