The Big Mallee Root Stump

Quirky attraction

Huge stump located at the entrance of Blackburn Park. Well worth a stop as it’s an extremely quirky attraction you probably won’t see anywhere else

Quirky attraction

Huge stump located at the entrance of Blackburn Park. Well worth a stop as it’s an extremely quirky attraction you probably won’t see anywhere else

Guinness World Record officials measured the root's circumference at 10.69 metres

A mallee root is the extremely hard, woody root of a mallee tree — a dwarf eucalypt that is often used for firewood, but is also valued by wood-turners because of its marbled grain. Ouyen's Big Mal...

Guinness World Record officials measured the root's circumference at 10.69 metres

A mallee root is the extremely hard, woody root of a mallee tree — a dwarf eucalypt that is often used for firewood, but is also valued by wood-turners because of its marbled grain. Ouyen's Big Mal...

Destruction of native vegetation

This tree has a root system that I have never seen before. It was drought resistant and adapted to this sun baked country. But what did the people do? They pulled them out and that's what's celebrated...