Bunya Pine Cones – Araucaria Bidwillii, Bishopp Park.
On January 19, I photographed a bumper crop of Bunya pine cones in the park, the first since 2018, and a month earlier than then.
I believe there are more cones on the ground now, but far fewer Sulphur-crested cockatoos to gorge on the feast.
There are seven cones in front of the fallen branch in the photo, and two behind it, though they may be hard to make out.
This group is only a fraction of the number of cones scattered around the park’s four Bunya pine trees.
We are unbelievably fortunate in having two distinct kinds of subtropical rainforest in Southeast Queensland; namely the lush rainforest hereabouts and the cool subtropical rainforest of the Bunya Mountains.
