Eucalyptus Tree

The colors of the Eucalyptus Trees are very beautiful.
The trunk in shades of white, and the leaves the ash grey green of the Australian Bush.
This tree is outside the Tourist centre at the Mary Kathleen Park, Cloncurry

DeadTrees

Dead Gums have a beauty in the twisted and dried shapes of the branches.
There are dead trees in the streets and they stand there a memorial to a past when they were fresh and young with birds nesting in the shade of their leaves.
Today a sad memory provides the occasional perch for a wandering galah