AN ANCIENT TREE

AN ANCIENT TREE, originally uploaded by cnlizziebns.

Yesterday a mining company who own the mining leases over my country wished to take samples. I was the guide and we spent the day in the hills taking samples from the creek beds. The signs are for gold, with the white quartz abundant and the change from the black granite.

I love this piece of Australia and is an uplifting experience to exist on this little part of the planet.

This tree is estimated at around two hundred and fifty years old or older. It sits on the bank of a dry creek bed which is a raging torrent after rain. The tree is at the base of a steep mountain range.