Flooded Bael
$1,500.00
‘Flooded Bael’
Barapa Barapa
Gidja Walker
acrylic on recycled canvas
40 x 40cm
River redgum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) was first botanically described in 1832 at l’hortus camaldulensis di Napoli in Naples Italy.
What’s in a name.
They occur all over this country with a number of different subspecies.
To the Barapa Barapa they are known as Bael.
This tree in drier seasons has witnessed marriages and is part of the cultural landscape of the biggest inland island in so-called Australia, Gawarra. Here it is flooded, the water red with Azolla a water fern. This tree taught me about water – not just water per se, but how high the water gets; what season it floods and how often; how long the water takes to drain/evaporate; how dry it gets and for how long… and whether the water is clean. This is one of the few areas along Mirri/Mile (Murray River) that is allowed relatively natural flows and that is reflected in its biodiversity.
The night herons watch from their roost in a distant tree.
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