The Kurrajong is an unusual shaped tree–very different from the eucalypts which are the most common tree where I live–It reminds me of a boab. We have just one kurrajong which was grown from seed by a neighbour, Bridget Farrer, who has now died. When I planted it around 20 years ago I didn’t think it would survive because the roots had grown into some netting in its plant pot. It is still only a little over 2m high. Another of my neighbours has a single Kurrajong, from Bridget Farrer at the same time and hers was similarly tangled in netting and like me she thought it wouldn’t survive.

Smiths Rd, The Angle