I’m joining Becky in her July Square Photo Challenge over at The Life of B. The rules of the challenge are simple: most photos must be square and fit the theme word tree. Look for #treesquare. Come with me on a Central Queensland road trip starring trees and the beautiful landscapes of my home state.
Finch Hatton Gorge
Rawson’s Creek tumbles down from the mountains surrounding Finch Hatton Gorge, rushing over volcanic boulders on its way to the valley. While the water sustains life in the subtropical rainforest, trees also provide sustenance for other plants and animals.
Giant strangler figs with massive buttress root systems shelter new saplings from the blazing midday sun. Vines use tall straight tree trunks for support.
Insects thrive in the foliage. Some are easily seen, while others leave evidence of their activities.
Even fallen trees give life, as other plants and animals feed on their decaying trunks.
This stump is all that remains of a long gone tree but, with its cloak of thick green moss, it’s a thing of beauty.
Wonderful clicks
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Thank you!
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You got great pics of the butterflies!! And I find those mushrooms so fascinating 😀
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These butterflies were very cooperative.
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Beautiful reminder of the circle of life. 🙂
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That’s a nice way to put it. Thanks, Judy.
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Beautiful images – I love the mossy stump, the bracket fungus and the butterflies 🙂
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Thanks! There were so many butterflies, including the beautiful blue Ulysses but they were too far away to photograph and wouldn’t stop still.
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It’s hard to get any butterfly to stay still long enough to be photographed!
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I love the fungus, I always find it fascinating. So many types!
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The bright orange ones were amazing.
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what a stunning post. Your rain forests are marvellous – memories of walking through them will remain with me forever. Wish I had had time to explore more
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And we’re lucky to have plenty of rainforests to enjoy. There are so many beautiful national parks where our landscapes are preserved. Hopefully you might come and visit and explore some more one day.
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I really hope so
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So amazing pictures 👌🌷beautiful rain forest seeing 👍🏻🌹😊
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We are lucky to have so many wonderful rainforests here.
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Here Malaysia also have so many 👍🏼🌹🙏
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The butterfly close ups are great, and the fungi are fascinating.
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Thank you. These butterflies were very cooperative. There were blue Ulysses butterflies too but they wouldn’t stop still for a second.
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That’s a shame – I bet the were lovely.
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They are beautiful.
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Usually I hate mushrooms, but yours are amazing. It’s interesting that after your pictures of beautiful butterflies, the leaf almost looks like a butterfly, too, with all its spots. 🙂
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I don’t think these are mushrooms, and you certainly wouldn’t eat them. I wondered what insect left the spots on the leaves.
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They must be a fungus of some sort, don’t you think? I don’t know too much about fungi. They are beautiful, though.
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Yes, they’re fungus. The second one is bracket fungus.
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🙂 Not all fungi are mushrooms but all mushrooms are fungi. 🙂 LOL
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