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Eucalyptus forest - August 2014

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Lynda t
Passed someone sitting cross legged and meditating on the path through the eucalyptus forest. Strangely peaceful.
 
jimtim
“Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.”
― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Being Peace
 
Jo Ann Rademacher
Oh, so that is what it looks like! Beautiful! Unfortunately the day we went through the forest it was raining pretty hard so didn't see much except mud and mist.
 
Mark Di Marzio
Allthough I'm not 100% certain but I strongly suspect that the Eucalyptus (Gum) tree's that are everpresent in Galicia (North Western Spain ) and in Northern Portugal where I did long distance walking the last few years are from seeds that were brought over on ships by religious monks in the early 1800's and planted all over the northern part of the Spanish peninsula .. I believe that these seeds were collected by returning catholic monks from a Spanish monastery in Western Australia . I was very curious when I saw so many gum trees the first time in October 2015 (as I approached Santiago on pilgrimage ) and I did a little library research later on when I returned .
It's not conclusive yet .. because I didn't make notes or keep records of the books & information I sighted one afternoon at the city library .. it was just something to do one afternoon .. but I do know that Eucalyptus is native to Australia , and therefore these trees are an invasive species in Iberia . They are beautiful to see though as one goes through the forest on the approach to Santiago de Compostella.
 
Saint Mike II
As I understand these Australian natives were brought over as a means of providing a relatively fast growing timber that could be sold and thus produce an income.
The one unfortunate by-product is that when it gets very. very hot and dry (as it did in Portugal last northern summer) and a wild fire breaks-out these trees, due to the Eucalyptus Oil in the leaves & sap burn at temperatures more than twice those of European Native trees (Pine, Oak, Elm etc). They quickly get out of control and cause devastation. Cheers
 
L
October 2015 as my sister and I walked through the eucalyptus forest on a beautiful sunny day we both noticed that it smells like home - it was a lovely reminder after 5 weeks away, from Australia
 

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