Eucalypt Australia
@eucalyptaus.bsky.social
For the promotion of conservation, education & research of #eucalypts in Australia.
Hosts National Eucalypt Day each year on 23rd March
Home of #EucalyptoftheYear
Hosts National Eucalypt Day each year on 23rd March
Home of #EucalyptoftheYear
#FlowersOnFriday: The Rosy Hyacinth Orchid is a leafless native that steals its food from the roots of a eucalypt via a fungal pathway.
Look for them sprouting from the base of gum trees in summer!
Stay tuned for more stories of #OurEucalyptHome in the lead up to #NationalEucalyptDay2026 on 23/03.
Look for them sprouting from the base of gum trees in summer!
Stay tuned for more stories of #OurEucalyptHome in the lead up to #NationalEucalyptDay2026 on 23/03.
February 6, 2026 at 5:57 AM
#FlowersOnFriday: The Rosy Hyacinth Orchid is a leafless native that steals its food from the roots of a eucalypt via a fungal pathway.
Look for them sprouting from the base of gum trees in summer!
Stay tuned for more stories of #OurEucalyptHome in the lead up to #NationalEucalyptDay2026 on 23/03.
Look for them sprouting from the base of gum trees in summer!
Stay tuned for more stories of #OurEucalyptHome in the lead up to #NationalEucalyptDay2026 on 23/03.
🌿Microgrants for National Eucalypt Day events close this coming Wednesday, 11th Feb!
We have a very limited number of $500 microgrants available to support you to bring your idea to life.
2026 theme: #OurEucalyptHome
🔗Info and submissions here: https://eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
We have a very limited number of $500 microgrants available to support you to bring your idea to life.
2026 theme: #OurEucalyptHome
🔗Info and submissions here: https://eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
February 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM
🌿Microgrants for National Eucalypt Day events close this coming Wednesday, 11th Feb!
We have a very limited number of $500 microgrants available to support you to bring your idea to life.
2026 theme: #OurEucalyptHome
🔗Info and submissions here: https://eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
We have a very limited number of $500 microgrants available to support you to bring your idea to life.
2026 theme: #OurEucalyptHome
🔗Info and submissions here: https://eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
A little birdie told us that it's almost time to vote for the Eucalypt of the Year!
Polls open this Monday, 9th February!
Tell your friends 🦜🦜🦜
#EucalyptoftheYear2026 #NationalEucalyptDay2026 #OurEucalyptHome
🦜: Musk Lorikeet, Glossopsitta concinna
🌳: Corymbia ficifolia cultivar
Polls open this Monday, 9th February!
Tell your friends 🦜🦜🦜
#EucalyptoftheYear2026 #NationalEucalyptDay2026 #OurEucalyptHome
🦜: Musk Lorikeet, Glossopsitta concinna
🌳: Corymbia ficifolia cultivar
February 4, 2026 at 12:16 AM
A little birdie told us that it's almost time to vote for the Eucalypt of the Year!
Polls open this Monday, 9th February!
Tell your friends 🦜🦜🦜
#EucalyptoftheYear2026 #NationalEucalyptDay2026 #OurEucalyptHome
🦜: Musk Lorikeet, Glossopsitta concinna
🌳: Corymbia ficifolia cultivar
Polls open this Monday, 9th February!
Tell your friends 🦜🦜🦜
#EucalyptoftheYear2026 #NationalEucalyptDay2026 #OurEucalyptHome
🦜: Musk Lorikeet, Glossopsitta concinna
🌳: Corymbia ficifolia cultivar
🚨Boom! There's nothing like flowering gum #streeteucs to make our day.
Beautiful Corymbia ficifolia cultivars blooming in Bendigo ❤️🚨💃
#LoveAGum #streettrees
Beautiful Corymbia ficifolia cultivars blooming in Bendigo ❤️🚨💃
#LoveAGum #streettrees
February 1, 2026 at 12:27 AM
🚨Boom! There's nothing like flowering gum #streeteucs to make our day.
Beautiful Corymbia ficifolia cultivars blooming in Bendigo ❤️🚨💃
#LoveAGum #streettrees
Beautiful Corymbia ficifolia cultivars blooming in Bendigo ❤️🚨💃
#LoveAGum #streettrees
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Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday to all the big old eucalypts providing homes for Aussie wildlife!
We love this poster series (and pretty much everything) by Paula Peeters, the Paperbark Writer: www.paperbarkwriter.com/tree-hollows... #OurEucalyptHome
We love this poster series (and pretty much everything) by Paula Peeters, the Paperbark Writer: www.paperbarkwriter.com/tree-hollows... #OurEucalyptHome
January 27, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday to all the big old eucalypts providing homes for Aussie wildlife!
We love this poster series (and pretty much everything) by Paula Peeters, the Paperbark Writer: www.paperbarkwriter.com/tree-hollows... #OurEucalyptHome
We love this poster series (and pretty much everything) by Paula Peeters, the Paperbark Writer: www.paperbarkwriter.com/tree-hollows... #OurEucalyptHome
#NationalEucalyptDay2026 is coming, and the theme is #OurEucalyptHome!
Host an event that celebrates the ways #gumtrees provide for Australia's plants, animals and fungi.
Details >> eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
Host an event that celebrates the ways #gumtrees provide for Australia's plants, animals and fungi.
Details >> eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
January 24, 2026 at 4:13 AM
#NationalEucalyptDay2026 is coming, and the theme is #OurEucalyptHome!
Host an event that celebrates the ways #gumtrees provide for Australia's plants, animals and fungi.
Details >> eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
Host an event that celebrates the ways #gumtrees provide for Australia's plants, animals and fungi.
Details >> eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
#FlowersOnFriday: Pollination strategies!
Insect-attracting gums:
- white/cream flowers = more visible to insects.
- small, shallow flowers = accessible nectar
- tend to have denser populations, where pollinators with small home ranges can carry pollen from tree to tree
#EucalyptsAreHome #LoveAGum
Insect-attracting gums:
- white/cream flowers = more visible to insects.
- small, shallow flowers = accessible nectar
- tend to have denser populations, where pollinators with small home ranges can carry pollen from tree to tree
#EucalyptsAreHome #LoveAGum
January 23, 2026 at 12:40 AM
#FlowersOnFriday: Pollination strategies!
Insect-attracting gums:
- white/cream flowers = more visible to insects.
- small, shallow flowers = accessible nectar
- tend to have denser populations, where pollinators with small home ranges can carry pollen from tree to tree
#EucalyptsAreHome #LoveAGum
Insect-attracting gums:
- white/cream flowers = more visible to insects.
- small, shallow flowers = accessible nectar
- tend to have denser populations, where pollinators with small home ranges can carry pollen from tree to tree
#EucalyptsAreHome #LoveAGum
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Passed this beautiful Corymbia along the Blackburn ‘main drain’ track 🌳
January 22, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Passed this beautiful Corymbia along the Blackburn ‘main drain’ track 🌳
Koalas survive almost exclusively on tough, dry, toxic Eucalyptus leaves.
How?
🐨 slow metabolic rate
🐨 low energy consumption
🐨 can sniff out least toxic leaves
🐨 sophisticated detox and nutrient recovery system
Learn about #OurEucalyptHome ahead of #NationalEucalyptDay2026 on 23rd March.
How?
🐨 slow metabolic rate
🐨 low energy consumption
🐨 can sniff out least toxic leaves
🐨 sophisticated detox and nutrient recovery system
Learn about #OurEucalyptHome ahead of #NationalEucalyptDay2026 on 23rd March.
January 20, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Koalas survive almost exclusively on tough, dry, toxic Eucalyptus leaves.
How?
🐨 slow metabolic rate
🐨 low energy consumption
🐨 can sniff out least toxic leaves
🐨 sophisticated detox and nutrient recovery system
Learn about #OurEucalyptHome ahead of #NationalEucalyptDay2026 on 23rd March.
How?
🐨 slow metabolic rate
🐨 low energy consumption
🐨 can sniff out least toxic leaves
🐨 sophisticated detox and nutrient recovery system
Learn about #OurEucalyptHome ahead of #NationalEucalyptDay2026 on 23rd March.
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We did patrols around Harcourt the day after the fire came through & hosed down old trees along the roadsides that were still burning. Terrible to see the loss. And that was before they did 'clean up' for safety. The cumulative loss of old trees is hard to bear.
January 20, 2026 at 3:23 AM
We did patrols around Harcourt the day after the fire came through & hosed down old trees along the roadsides that were still burning. Terrible to see the loss. And that was before they did 'clean up' for safety. The cumulative loss of old trees is hard to bear.
A magnificent River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), photographed in Harcourt by Alan Deumer. Sadly, it burned to the ground in recent fires. For centuries it sheltered wildlife and watched over the community. Farewell, stately giant.
📸 Alan Deumer
#thicktrunktuesday
📸 Alan Deumer
#thicktrunktuesday
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
A magnificent River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), photographed in Harcourt by Alan Deumer. Sadly, it burned to the ground in recent fires. For centuries it sheltered wildlife and watched over the community. Farewell, stately giant.
📸 Alan Deumer
#thicktrunktuesday
📸 Alan Deumer
#thicktrunktuesday
Hey nature lovers! #NationalEucalyptDay2026 is just over the horizon and we can't wait to celebrate with you!
This year it is all about Our Eucalypt Home 🏡
Fancy hosting an event? Get involved here: eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
This year it is all about Our Eucalypt Home 🏡
Fancy hosting an event? Get involved here: eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
January 19, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Hey nature lovers! #NationalEucalyptDay2026 is just over the horizon and we can't wait to celebrate with you!
This year it is all about Our Eucalypt Home 🏡
Fancy hosting an event? Get involved here: eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
This year it is all about Our Eucalypt Home 🏡
Fancy hosting an event? Get involved here: eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
A week on from the heatwave and catastrophic fires here in Central Victoria.
We're taking a moment to enjoy the cool breeze amongst the scented blossoms of a Yellow Box (Eucalyptus melliodora). It's such an intensely different day from this time last week.
#FlowersOnFriday
We're taking a moment to enjoy the cool breeze amongst the scented blossoms of a Yellow Box (Eucalyptus melliodora). It's such an intensely different day from this time last week.
#FlowersOnFriday
January 16, 2026 at 5:47 AM
A week on from the heatwave and catastrophic fires here in Central Victoria.
We're taking a moment to enjoy the cool breeze amongst the scented blossoms of a Yellow Box (Eucalyptus melliodora). It's such an intensely different day from this time last week.
#FlowersOnFriday
We're taking a moment to enjoy the cool breeze amongst the scented blossoms of a Yellow Box (Eucalyptus melliodora). It's such an intensely different day from this time last week.
#FlowersOnFriday
We’re thinking of the communities, wildlife, and places affected by the recent bushfires. We recognise and share in the deep grief many feel for the loss of homes, businesses, stock and pets, and the beloved trees and bushland people love. Our thoughts are with everyone impacted. ❤️
January 12, 2026 at 10:48 PM
We’re thinking of the communities, wildlife, and places affected by the recent bushfires. We recognise and share in the deep grief many feel for the loss of homes, businesses, stock and pets, and the beloved trees and bushland people love. Our thoughts are with everyone impacted. ❤️
Congratulations & thank you to 2025 Dahl Fellow Peter McHugh as he wraps up his fellowship project, “The Working Forests” – a free two-volume eBook recounting the story of Victoria’s State Forests from the 1800s to the present.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Congratulations & thank you to 2025 Dahl Fellow Peter McHugh as he wraps up his fellowship project, “The Working Forests” – a free two-volume eBook recounting the story of Victoria’s State Forests from the 1800s to the present.
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🌿 One month left to apply for a #NationalEucalyptDay2026 microgrant! A limited number of $500 grants are up for grabs to help bring your event idea to life. EOIs due by 5pm, Feb 11 👉 eucalyptaustralia.org.au/national-euc...
#LoveAGum #OurEucalyptHome
#LoveAGum #OurEucalyptHome
January 11, 2026 at 10:38 PM
🌿 One month left to apply for a #NationalEucalyptDay2026 microgrant! A limited number of $500 grants are up for grabs to help bring your event idea to life. EOIs due by 5pm, Feb 11 👉 eucalyptaustralia.org.au/national-euc...
#LoveAGum #OurEucalyptHome
#LoveAGum #OurEucalyptHome
Check out the divine fluffy blooms of the Salt Gum (Eucalyptus salicola) 🌸 A smooth-barked beauty from WA’s wheatbelt, its name means “salt-dweller”—fitting for a tree that thrives near salt lakes! #LoveAGum #eucbeaut #gumblossom
January 2, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Check out the divine fluffy blooms of the Salt Gum (Eucalyptus salicola) 🌸 A smooth-barked beauty from WA’s wheatbelt, its name means “salt-dweller”—fitting for a tree that thrives near salt lakes! #LoveAGum #eucbeaut #gumblossom
Two stunning, haunting scenes this #ThickTrunkTuesday by Joy Kachina Photography.
Joy captures the dying Miena Cider Gums of Tasmania—majestic even in decay. Endemic, endangered, and vanishing fast due to climate change.
Read more about this project: www.joykachina.com.au/miena-gums-p...
Joy captures the dying Miena Cider Gums of Tasmania—majestic even in decay. Endemic, endangered, and vanishing fast due to climate change.
Read more about this project: www.joykachina.com.au/miena-gums-p...
December 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Two stunning, haunting scenes this #ThickTrunkTuesday by Joy Kachina Photography.
Joy captures the dying Miena Cider Gums of Tasmania—majestic even in decay. Endemic, endangered, and vanishing fast due to climate change.
Read more about this project: www.joykachina.com.au/miena-gums-p...
Joy captures the dying Miena Cider Gums of Tasmania—majestic even in decay. Endemic, endangered, and vanishing fast due to climate change.
Read more about this project: www.joykachina.com.au/miena-gums-p...
#FlowersOnFriday: Meet Eucalyptus melanophloia (Silver-leaved Ironbark) 🌿 A striking QLD & NSW tree with silvery leaves, cream flowers & rough bark—not to be confused with the similar but smaller E. shirleyi! 📸 Dr Dean Nicolle via iNaturalist: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #LoveAGum
December 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
#FlowersOnFriday: Meet Eucalyptus melanophloia (Silver-leaved Ironbark) 🌿 A striking QLD & NSW tree with silvery leaves, cream flowers & rough bark—not to be confused with the similar but smaller E. shirleyi! 📸 Dr Dean Nicolle via iNaturalist: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #LoveAGum
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday from Doreen, Victoria, where Julie Sheppard captured this stunning sunset silhouette. We love the balance in this grand old River Red Gum.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful moment with us via our 2025 Photo Competition: The Travel Edition.
#LoveAGum #paddockgums
Thank you for sharing this beautiful moment with us via our 2025 Photo Competition: The Travel Edition.
#LoveAGum #paddockgums
December 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday from Doreen, Victoria, where Julie Sheppard captured this stunning sunset silhouette. We love the balance in this grand old River Red Gum.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful moment with us via our 2025 Photo Competition: The Travel Edition.
#LoveAGum #paddockgums
Thank you for sharing this beautiful moment with us via our 2025 Photo Competition: The Travel Edition.
#LoveAGum #paddockgums
🌿 Planning your #NationalEucalyptDay2026 event? Theme: Our Eucalypt Home—celebrating how eucalypts support Aussie wildlife + plants, from insects to koalas! We’re here to help—get in touch this month before microgrant apps close Feb 11: eucalyptaustralia.org.au/national-euc...
#LoveAGum
#LoveAGum
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
🌿 Planning your #NationalEucalyptDay2026 event? Theme: Our Eucalypt Home—celebrating how eucalypts support Aussie wildlife + plants, from insects to koalas! We’re here to help—get in touch this month before microgrant apps close Feb 11: eucalyptaustralia.org.au/national-euc...
#LoveAGum
#LoveAGum
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday! 🌈 Meet the Rainbow Gum (Eucalyptus deglupta)—a fast-growing, vividly coloured species native to the Philippines, PNG & Indonesia, and the only eucalypt native to the Northern Hemisphere! 📷 Bronwen Cavallo #rainbowgum #eucbeaut #LoveAGum
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday! 🌈 Meet the Rainbow Gum (Eucalyptus deglupta)—a fast-growing, vividly coloured species native to the Philippines, PNG & Indonesia, and the only eucalypt native to the Northern Hemisphere! 📷 Bronwen Cavallo #rainbowgum #eucbeaut #LoveAGum
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday specifically to this stupendous Blue-leaved Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata subspecies thalassica) and the Eucalyptus_Hunters team that shared it with us! Follow eucalyptus-hunters on Instagram and TikTok. #LoveAGum
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday specifically to this stupendous Blue-leaved Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata subspecies thalassica) and the Eucalyptus_Hunters team that shared it with us! Follow eucalyptus-hunters on Instagram and TikTok. #LoveAGum
A photographer and a motorcyclist stop to admire the same grand old trees. A great moment to capture the grandeur of these hilltop beauties.
Thank you to Adrian Plitzco for sharing this scene with us via our 2025 Photo Competition: The Travel Edition.
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday everybody!
#LoveAGum
Thank you to Adrian Plitzco for sharing this scene with us via our 2025 Photo Competition: The Travel Edition.
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday everybody!
#LoveAGum
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A photographer and a motorcyclist stop to admire the same grand old trees. A great moment to capture the grandeur of these hilltop beauties.
Thank you to Adrian Plitzco for sharing this scene with us via our 2025 Photo Competition: The Travel Edition.
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday everybody!
#LoveAGum
Thank you to Adrian Plitzco for sharing this scene with us via our 2025 Photo Competition: The Travel Edition.
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday everybody!
#LoveAGum