Maureen has sent in this picture of the Jon Stanhope memorial arboretum with just the subersive note:
Arboretum in full colour.
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Maureen has sent in this picture of the Jon Stanhope memorial arboretum with just the subersive note:
Arboretum in full colour.
Got an image of Canberra you want to share with the world? Email it in to images@the-riotact.com .
Hare’s a plan!
I think the arboretum will be a great thing for Canberra and a lot better use of that site than for plantation pines. Glad we’ll have another destination & cultural institution that will draw tourism to the twon, as well as it being an outdoors and active experience, rather than another gallery or museum. I don’t really understand the negativity I see on this site.
Kind of quaint and Victorian to arrange a bunch of trees into sterile, single-species groups isn’t it? I’m sure it also adds considerably to the cost of maintaining it all.
Was assured fire presents no risk to the site, but I’m not convinced, not when the natural local flora uses fire as such an effective weapon.
GardeningGirl said :
Hear, hear. There’s a saying, which I forget, about planting a tree which you’ll never see grow to maturity.
Great photo. And I think the arboretum is going to be a great asset to Canberra in the future, one day people will appreciate that a previous generation thought to start such a thing.
dungfungus said :
dungfungus said :
Errr I meant 100 feet.
But seriously I was joking.
Institute said :
When a cafe, theatre and hotel are added it no longer remains an arboretum. Where was the community input into this project which has been underwritten by the ACT ratepayers for the aggrandisement of only two people?
yellowsnow said :
Yes, you’re right – I’ve just gone and measured it again with the correct tape measure. It’s 350 feet, not metres. (Shoud have gone to SpecSavers)
M0les said :
Thanks for noticing.
I can’t wait, in twenty years time I’ll be wandering about there saying in a loud voice; “Eeh, I can remember when all of this weren’t trees!”
dungfungus said :
Talk about lies, damn lies and statistics! Tallest Australian tree was 350 feet tall, not metres Dungfungus!! A tree as tall as centrepoint tower would sure be a sight to behold.
Anyway tallest oz tree now is approx 93m compared w 110m for redwoods and douglas firs not far behind. N Americans were far more successful in protecting their bigget trees than australians
Great, I’ll be visiting section 16 for a Christmas tree every year!
dungfungus said :
I think its a good plan. New ideas dont need to be scary Fungus! Have a look at the site plan below:
http://www.nationalarboretum.act.gov.au/plantings
Ben_Dover said :
Hare’s to you!
dungfungus said :
But JB is right i have seen alot more Hares around.
shauno said :
Yeah, there are plenty of these on this blog.
shauno said :
Some Mountain Ash in Victoria have been documented as being 350 metres tall. They are hardwoods and grow a lot faster than the North American redwoods which are softwoods. There is a good Mountain Ash specimen in Tasmania called The Big Tree; it’s near Burnie and you can drive up to 100 metres from it.
dungfungus said :
Or people felt it wasn’t necessary to gloat about it.
Captain RAAF said :
Hare’s what?