More Burra water, at the Gorge...

Some miles south of Burra is the Gorge. This is an old and popular camping site in the eastern edge of the ranges.
Somewhere in the gorge is a permanent spring supplying water to the very large and deep holes along the creek. This is red gum country.

Further up the creek.
This is a branch off a very large red gum, E. camaldulensis, that appears to have taken root in the banks of the creek. This branch is about half a metre in diameter.
The branch comes off the main trunk of the tree, left, crosses over the footpath, branches into two, both parts of which seem to have taken root. The trunk is probably 2 metres in diameter but only about 10m above ground level.
The form of the tree is visible mainly because of the amount of mistletoe it carries. It is a very wide tree, but not that tall, perhaps 25-30m. The banks of teh creek are very steep at this point.

Further down the creek I saw this tree, perhaps 8m in diameter, but burnt so that its trunk has split in two forming two very old and stumpy trees. Several other Red gums in the vicinity were similar in form, which is not uncommon in old red gum. The trunk was probably been burnt through deliberate firing and misadventure, as it would now form a useful windbreak, and may have once been a slow combustion stove as the innards of the tree burnt.