Old Bottle Butt, Herons Creek, NSW, Australia
S 31° 31.655 E 152° 44.623
56J E 475669 N 6511898
The Old Bottle Butt in the Burrawan State Forest is the the largest known Corymbia gummifera (red bloodwood). You wouldn't believe that there is such a beautiful specimen so close as you drive up the Pacific Highway.
Waymark Code: WMP0ZP
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 06/07/2015
Views: 2
The picnic area and viewing platform were officially 'opened' on Wednesday, 30 July, 2014
The photos on the National Tree Register website are from before a viewing platform has been built around part of its considerable girth.
Access: Off Bago Rd onto Internal Break Rd then Jimmys Rd. Near the Burrawan picnic area. 3.2 kms off Bago Rd.
From the website / geocache page, "What a Bottler", GC55319:
Circumference: 16.30 metres
Height: 52.00 metres
Crown : 22.00 metres
Genus/Species: Corymbia gummifera
Height: 171
Girth: 53
Method of obtaining height: Reliable source
Method of obtaining girth: Reliable source
Location type: Other public property
Website reference: [Web Link]
Parking coordinates: S 31° 31.740 E 152° 44.580
Walk time: 3
Photograpy coordinates: S 31° 31.656 E 152° 44.622
Age: Not Listed
Historical significance: Not listed
Planter: Not listed
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