Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Concrete Stump

How big do you think a tree might be now, if it had been planted in 1968?
Rather than plant a replacement tree, someone (presumably the council) erected this concrete stump. If you can't read the plaque, it says:

This plaque is to record that on this site stood a stately old gum tree. Local residents claim that an Aboriginal canoe was cut from its trunk. Because it became dangerous it was removed on 9.4.1968

3 comments:

kaiteM said...

huh? so why not replace it with another tree, which they could have again cut down in another hundred years.
or alternatively why bother - at all - with the concrete one.
i am completely mystified.

Vireya said...

It mystifies me, too! And why put seats around it? Who would want to sit under a non-existent tree?

Lizzie - The Vintage traveler said...

Scratching my head...