The Boab Prison Tree on the edge of Derby, WA is huge, squat, gnarled and old. Used as a lock up in the early days of European settlement it is estimated at about 1500 years of age. Boabs don’t have rings so a more accurate figure can’t be ascertained.
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Now that really IS amazing. What a history that tree has …. and it’s not telling.
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You know you’ve reach the real Kimberleys when you start seeing the big, knarley Boabs. Amazing trees.
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Don’t you just love them.
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wow amazing!
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What a marvelous tree! In Greece we don’t have baobabs, but we do have olives and planes that are thousands of years old. I absolutely adore them. Why is it called the prison tree?
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Sadly it was used as a lock up in the early days of settlement.
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How weird…
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Harsh times and harsh measures to try to tame rather than understand a land and its people.
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