gidyea scrub
My impressions of gidyea scrub on Mt Arthur station, Barcaldine, Queensland. Gidyea trees are a species of Acacia - often referred to as the stinking Acacia. It's a very hard wood, used extensively for rural fence posts (it is resistant to termites) and camp fire fuel. Aborigines used Gidyea trunks to make boomerangs. Some other early pioneer's impressions from the "The Queenslander", of September 1907 are as follows:
"The gidyea tree is an indicator of rain. About two or three days previous to rain a peculiar and unpleasant smell arises from it which produces symptoms of nausea to any person in close proximity to it. I have often wondered what chemical properties the tree possesses that the atmosphere so effects. I have discussed the matter with several persons, but without elucidation. Perhaps the exact chemical, if it could be discovered, might prove of value." Others describe the smell as similar to rotten onions, others love the smell.
gidyea scrub
My impressions of gidyea scrub on Mt Arthur station, Barcaldine, Queensland. Gidyea trees are a species of Acacia - often referred to as the stinking Acacia. It's a very hard wood, used extensively for rural fence posts (it is resistant to termites) and camp fire fuel. Aborigines used Gidyea trunks to make boomerangs. Some other early pioneer's impressions from the "The Queenslander", of September 1907 are as follows:
"The gidyea tree is an indicator of rain. About two or three days previous to rain a peculiar and unpleasant smell arises from it which produces symptoms of nausea to any person in close proximity to it. I have often wondered what chemical properties the tree possesses that the atmosphere so effects. I have discussed the matter with several persons, but without elucidation. Perhaps the exact chemical, if it could be discovered, might prove of value." Others describe the smell as similar to rotten onions, others love the smell.