Moreton Bay Fig

I just love the trunk of Moreton Bay fig trees, they always look quite spooky, especially at night.

Thanks so much to everyone who commented on yesterday's photo of the tattooed tree. I am sure it hasn't been harmed in any way, but I just think it sad when people etch their names on trees.

Yesterday's tree has survived a few east coast lows and a couple of tornados so I am sure it will survive people etching names on it.

[Margo Sayer]

Have never seen a tree with such pronounced 'sinews'! AFAIK (As far as I know), not a species known here. Will check.

[Ethel]

These trees must have looked quite alien to Europeans when they first arrived in Australia

[Dawn]

Yes they are fascinating

[HelenM]

What an interesting tree with those buttresses. Nice shot

[Nadiya Bilovodenko]

Looks so gorgeous !!!

[Lynda McG]

Great capture - tree trunks can be so interesting to shoot!

[Susiangelgirl]

Nice tree Babs

[Sally Ings]

Such character, must be quite an old tree.

[Denise Wood]

Great capture - looks like a young one!

[Paul]

It had such a lovely shape to it. Nicely captured 😉

[8yearson]

What a fabulous old tree, love it's shape!

[leggzy]

I love them too. If you ever go to Norfolk Island, they have an amazing Avenue of really old ones, which is quite spectacular.
Lovely tree & capture

[sally agnew]

They are such a robust and shady tree, lovely shot :)

[Gosia]

Nice photo, love those figs.

[Jane Morley]

Those buttress like trunks are terrific aren't they. Must get a shot of some similar ones here.

[Chris K]

they sometimes look like they could walk away like the trees in Lord of the Rings

[Peter Day]

Never seen a tree like this one before

[Babs]

@leggzy The Norfolk Island Figs would be interesting to see. This is one of a really long row of fig trees on Maitland Road in Newcastle. I think they are quite old too.

[Babs]

@peterday They are beautiful. There are quite a lot of them skirting a park in Newcastle. They look fabulous all in a row.

[Debbie]

I love these trees, They always remind me of a very wise old person.

[Julienne Jones]

Wonderful shapes there

[bkb in the city]

Great looking tree

[Joyce]

What a beautiful tree Babs. I can see they would look spooky in the dark!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

It sure is an interesting looking tree. Excellent find and capture.

[Kitty Hawke]

Lovely shape......

[Taffy]

What an intriguing form - so cool the way the roots work.

[Fisher Family]

A nice shot of this fascinating tree - an interesting collection of shapes and nice light and shade!

Ian

[Diana Moss]

, It looks a very old tree, an interesting picture

[gloria jones]

Neat shot, textures

[Stef Neyhart]

These trees are so organic... makes one want to crawl around it and climb it... or at least me, even at 63!

[Margaret Brown]

Love the lines, shape and textures

[Peter]

Interesting shapes and texture beautifully captured Babs:)

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great capture

[Pyrrhula]

Amazing tree and a beautiful capture of it.

[Masquerade]

Great natural sculpture isn't it?

[ChristineL]

It's certainly an interesting shape, great shot.

[Lois]

Great tree shot

[Kane Arlow]

They are a lovely tree. It is a pity we don't have many of them down here.

[Marnie]

You're right about the tree surviving, but it's still vandalism. I love Moreton Bay figs too, they get so massive. There's one in Swan Hill supposed to date back to Burke and Wills.

[Nicole Campbell]

They are amazing trees

[Kristjana]

Great capture, I love it.

[tony gig]

Fabulous old tree, great shot.

[Jennifer]

A great capture of this lovely tree trunk

[Sue Cooper]

What an amazing tree. Well captured.

[Stephanie]

Wow, what an unusual looking tree! It looks as if it has feet :)