As per my heading, today a tree (which has been dead for some time) decided to come down.
About 10 minutes prior to the tree falling we heard a load twang like a large stick breaking.
A couple of kookaburras were disturbed by this sound and it made me look up. I just put the noise down to the kookaburras being very energetic with a catch, thumping it on a tree branch.
My son made a comment about 'a tree may fall down' and walked away but I was still looking and then, sure enough, the tree just broke at the bottom (termites) and went straight down then went over and down the hill. Very interesting to watch.
This is the 3rd tree that has come down but the first I saw.
We had one come down from the neighbors yard across our yard some years ago which was still green and growing. There were high winds during the night and I heard a thud but had no way of knowing that a tree had fallen. When I examined the stump it had been termited.
This is all in the bush part (about 1/3 ) of our block so all it does is fall on other bushed and scrub.
Cheers
About 10 minutes prior to the tree falling we heard a load twang like a large stick breaking.
A couple of kookaburras were disturbed by this sound and it made me look up. I just put the noise down to the kookaburras being very energetic with a catch, thumping it on a tree branch.
My son made a comment about 'a tree may fall down' and walked away but I was still looking and then, sure enough, the tree just broke at the bottom (termites) and went straight down then went over and down the hill. Very interesting to watch.
This is the 3rd tree that has come down but the first I saw.
We had one come down from the neighbors yard across our yard some years ago which was still green and growing. There were high winds during the night and I heard a thud but had no way of knowing that a tree had fallen. When I examined the stump it had been termited.
This is all in the bush part (about 1/3 ) of our block so all it does is fall on other bushed and scrub.
Cheers