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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Walter Marsh

‘Imagine if it died on my watch?’ The fight to save one ‘ancient’ Adelaide tree

Neighbours stand under river red gum
Neighbours Paolo Rossi, Carlo Jensen, Rachael Nielsen and son Gerry are protective of the two-century-old river red gum that grows in the middle of the road on Overbury Drive in Adelaide’s Clarence Park. Photograph: Sia Duff/The Guardian

It’s a striking image; in a suburban landscape where nature has been largely pushed aside to make way for roads, houses and driveways, the thick craggy trunk of a towering river red gum tree stands defiantly in place, forcing the bitumen to squeeze and buckle around it. Bang in the middle of the street.

Barely a day goes by without the residents of Overbury Drive noticing a carload of tourists or curious locals pulling up in their quiet cul-de-sac, cameras at the ready.

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