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2000s: Sometimes a girl just needs to wake up and smell the eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
What you need to know before your trail
Imagine your father wants you married off. You live with him on a property in New South Wales, and as you grow into a beautiful and strong youg lady, he says that he’s not only going to find you a husband but that he’s going to set the prospective men a challenge. Your husband is going to be the first man who can name all the species of the eucalypt, down to the last tree.
Now that is matchmaking of a very unique kind!
Travel Guide
New South Wales
The Eucalyptus is Australia’s native tree – there are many different kinds of this tree however and this book will show you and introduce you to them – you might even find yourself a marriage partner if you can name them all by the end!
They each provide the roots for a story – how a seed turns into something more, how love can blossom etc. They have very unique names – ironbark, bloodwood, fuchsia gum. Add to this the shape of their leaves, their colour, aroma…
“Eucalypts are notorious for giving off an inhospitable, unsympathetic air’
But did you know that the sight of the blue haze from the eucalyptus oil arising from the bush in the mountain ranges west of Sydney gave the Blue Mountains their name!?
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Eucalyptus
Author/Guide: Murray Bail Destination: New South Wales Departure Time: 2000s
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