Trees, nature spirits and conversations
Aboriginal Dreaming Stories | Faerie in Australia | Cook's Australian Fairy Tales | Peck's Australian Legends | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Trees & nature spirits | J.R.R. Tolkien, Tree of Amalion . 1. The talking tree I've been thinking a lot about trees lately, and for a variety of reasons. But then again, I've probably been thinking about nature and the environment for a long, long time, without really knowing it. When it comes down to it, we all have some sort of connection with Mother Earth once the white noise of modernity, and the so-called hustle and bustle is pushed aside. What first set me off on this topic - apart from that almost subconscious fascination with the natural environment and the earth about me, manifesting in my short-lived careers as geologist (1984) and member of parliament for the Australian Greens (2002-2004) - was a visit to Crystal Castle Shambahla Gardens on the New South Wales north coast in 2017. Crystal Cas