If you look about in the suburb of Kingswood you can find great trees. They offer character to this old suburb. They creat a connection with the past and the environment. They remind us of the bush that was once here, the farmland it became and the place we share with the natural world. in purely economic terms they increase the value of the street scapes. They are a privelage that other suburbs do not have in many cases. They give the place its history. These trees have witnessed all that has gone on and all that is going on. They are completely native to the landscape and are not impostors, introduced and irrelevant. many suburbs boast streetscapes of great effect, with introduced species that rob the soil of water, infest our waterways through the seeds they spit into our drainage systems and perpetuate a falsehood that says we can all play a great game of pretend and imagine we live in a european fantasy. the trees of Kingswood, remanant though they are, boast original culture. These trees are a mark of honesty, as they keep the place real, grounded in spirit of place. The great trees are majestic. They belong and we can belong with them. They are part of our history and great welcomers to the future. We should look after them.
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