17/04/2024
BRUCE’s Book Club #3 ~ The BIGGEST ESTATE on EARTH by Bill Gammage (2011).
On the Murray in 1844, a "natural avenue of gum-trees extends, tow rows of noble trees growing at almost equal distance, the open grassy space between each row being at least 100 feet in width, so regular are the intervals between them, that it is almost difficult, at first sight, to persuade one's self that they were not planted by hands of men." ~ ~ The BIGGEST ESTATE on EARTH, pp11.
I would say you would be hard pressed to read this book & not perceive this landscape in a different light after doing so. Nor is it an easy read as Bill goes into quite a bit of detail outlining what was observed by those who 1st walked this continent as Europeans. A read reference book to take your time reading as we cone to better understand how to habitat this land & not occupy it.
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