There’s a tree in the road!!

I’m a little behind on the blog so this is from late last week when we started to head to Derby. Some of you may have seen it on the news.

To make way for a road straightening in Kununurra, this magnificent boab tree had to be moved and being as it’s 750 years old, someone decided to donate it to Kings Park in Perth. The only catch was it had to be moved 3,000 k’s to get it there.

Initially we would have missed it but their weight calculation was out by half so they had to get a bigger rig to move it. At 8 meters wide it covered both lanes of traffic and also had to get across some single lane bridges.

We didn’t quite make the rest area so we had to pull over to let it past. Both ahead and behind us were single lane bridges and I had hoped to be able to photograph it on the bridge ahead. Never mind, it still looks impressive.

For those unfamiliar with boab trees, they are quite stunning. The trunks swell to hold water in the dry conditions so they get very skinny challenged as they get older. The branches are quite stunted so they look like a modern artists version of a tree.

Being such a relatively young tree, it’s expected to last at least another 750 years which probably means it will be around to see the Libs regain Government. (Sorry. I couldn’t help that one.)