An ancient Queensland giant red gum tree estimated to be between 250 and 1,500 years old has been given a second chance at life after local artists salvaged it from a wood chip pile.
Artist Anne Harris was at the local dump after the 50 meters tall and 1.8-metre wide tree was taken there after it fell onto the main road and was offered the opportunity to take it away.
This started the Tree Place project, a collaboration between local artists to re-use the wood for artworks, nesting boxes for native bees and to educate people about the natural and cultural history in the region.