emblatame (Ron)
A Small Creek Cattana Wetlands in Cairns
Not much water flow this time of year in the dry season. The trees are melaleucas (paperbarks) which are usually found in swampy ground. These trees are often called tea trees and one day I should look up why they are called that. I don't think any bushman's drink was made from the leaves. I think maybe the tannin from the leaves causes a darker water sometimes in these swamps that someone may have thought looked like tea. Thanks to tanetahi, the green leafy stuff in the foreground is Stenochlaena palustris.
A Small Creek Cattana Wetlands in Cairns
Not much water flow this time of year in the dry season. The trees are melaleucas (paperbarks) which are usually found in swampy ground. These trees are often called tea trees and one day I should look up why they are called that. I don't think any bushman's drink was made from the leaves. I think maybe the tannin from the leaves causes a darker water sometimes in these swamps that someone may have thought looked like tea. Thanks to tanetahi, the green leafy stuff in the foreground is Stenochlaena palustris.