At home among the gum trees...

Gum trees are so interesting! They don't drop their leaves but they do lose their bark. They are lovely and smooth.

Curiously, they can be entirely hollow but remain alive! Such is the case with this one. I climbed inside because it was possible to do so. I did a thorough spider-check before venturing in, of course!

Huge and Patrick are the "cute" birds in this gum tree. They are very co-operative subjects!