Mount Beckworth, August 2011. A frustrating series of work days led me to want to head off for a day and explore. From a distance I can see a mountain with a strange lolly pop tree on top, off I go. Its near Clunes, and was quite a walk to get to the top, and boy was i surprised to see how big this lolly pop pine tree actually is when you stand underneath. In the bright light the canopy was silhouetted nicely, revealing all the tiny branches and needle leaves. Contrast this to the native Eucalypyt branches, though dead through drought, they dont have a confined structure like the pine, their branches simply spread out and reach ever toward the sky.
