Coming back from a weekend visit to Dunnolly we pulled over at the Gisborne exit on the Calder freeway (background), then went down the Water Treatment Plant Rd on the left to a dead end, roundabout and small roadside plantation where we could have lunch and let the dogs stretch their legs. This plantation and a narrow strip along the creek below were what counted as forest around there. Nonetheless a deer was clearing making it home and had enthusiastically rubbed this black wattle:
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