What's a Bunya Bunya

another oddball. big fan of these, keep them coming

I know that tree, and do not care for it ! Had to take one out because of a hard freeze, which we rarely get where I live, and I never want to do it again ! I finished the job but I looked like I had been in a fight with fourty seven wildcats when done !
I did keep some of the wood and you're right about it drying fast but when you have four to six percent humidity it dries too fast ! I lost a lot of it before I could get it sealed, cracked and split within one hour!
Thanks for reminding me ! ( just kidding ) Glad you posted this, I've got some people that I want to show this to !

Did you get a lot of checking in the wood while it was drying?

I thought dealing with multiflora rose bushes was bad. HA. I think this tree tops it. Pun intended. lol.

Very interesting !

That cone looks a bit like a pineapple.

Nice. I never saw these so big. People have araucaria in gardens occasionally here too.

That looks like a nasty tree to work on. We have hawthorns here. Not nearly as big, but full of giant spikes. Farmers around here hate them, they go right though a tractor tire.

We have these in Australia interesting tree they are the have giant seed pods don't they? They look some what like Norfolk pines

Can you make a video where you collect the seeds out of the cone? Would be very interested to see that.

I live in Toowoomba, Australia and just northwest of our city are the Bunya Mountians. As the name suggests there are lots of Bunya Pines there, and the region is a significant to the local Aboriginals who gathered there for ceremonial activities. Some of the older trees still show signs of scarring from the handholds that where carved into the trunks so the trees could be climbed to gather the cones which contain an edible nut, which is quite tasty.

Brown is the new lazy. The same thing is happening in Modesto. People are letting their lawns die, which kills the city trees. Green lawns can be had, with careful watering.

That is interesting, thanks for sharing!
Yikes on that cone! I could see that taking someone out!

GOOD LORD. l DON'T THlNK l WOULD WANT A TREE ON MY PROPERTY THAT COULD KlLL A PERSON JUST FROM lTS GlANT PlNE CONES FALLlNG OUT, LOL.

well, that's one cool cone! The foliage of those does look nice from the outside--FL has them.

Wow..

The biggest I've seen are growing in Kearney Park in Fresno. Likely planted over 100 years ago.

The seeds are edible.  They taste like a floury pine nut.   The tree is native to Australia and they can grow Very large.  The indigenous people used to come from miles around to feast on the nuts at the right time of the year.  Many of the very old trees still have footholds cut into the trunk where the locals used to climb to get the cones.   If you want to grow them from seed they take a LONG time to germinate.

I won't these trees just not next to the house.

The wood is great for acoustic guitar tops.