This fabulous Baobab tree called Gija Jumulu is 750 years old and in 2008 was relocated to Kings Park, Perth as a gift from the indigenous people of the Warmun region in the Kimberley's 3,200 kms away. The tree is 14meters high, eight metres wide and 2.5 meters in diameter, so you can imagine the logistics of moving such a huge, live 'pressie' as they say in Australia!! The reason for it's move was to make way for the development of The Great Northern Highway, thank goodness it wasn't destroyed and it is expected to live for a further 750 years, pretty impressive by any standards.....!!
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