Bowed but not beaten

@JudyEv (364972)
Rockingham, Australia
September 15, 2025 12:41am CST
The area around Elachbutting Rock is quite different to some other areas. The tunnel I wrote about is a bit eerie and many of the trees are quite misshapen as though they’ve had a very tough life. There is no bright green foliage. What foliage there is is a dull green. Many of the trees are bent right over as though they’ve experienced some very strong winds while they were forming. I liked this one which, if you follow the trunk, goes off to the right, turns completely over and ends up heading left again until it reaches back to its own trunk.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (160917)
• United States
15 Sep
Those trees do look odd.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (160917)
• United States
15 Sep
@JudyEv Yes, they do... I guess we'd look bad if we were out in the desert heat with not much water, too.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (54603)
• Canada
15 Sep
These trees are so unique, they seem to have a flexible personality all their own.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364972)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Sep
Most were tangled and 'brow-beaten'. Nothing lush and green about the area at all.
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@mayka123
@mayka123 (17086)
• India
15 Sep
That sounds like such a fascinating landscape. The tunnel must feel even more mysterious with those twisted, weather-worn trees around it. I can imagine how eerie it would be to walk among foliage that is dull and bent from years of harsh winds. The tree you described sounds amazing, almost like nature’s own sculpture looping back on itself. Places like that really show the resilience and strange beauty of the natural world.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364972)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Sep
You've put it very well. All the misshapen and less-than-green vegetation gives testimony to the harsh weather there.
OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (90733)
• Arvada, Colorado
15 Sep
This is a lovely tree and photo..did you take this one Judy?
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (90733)
• Arvada, Colorado
22 Sep
@JudyEv It is stunning Judy righto
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364972)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Sep
Yes, it's one of mine. I always say if it's one of Vince's, much as it hurts! Mostly I try to use my own.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (90548)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Sep
I love trees that look like statues, I have a nice tree across from me that has a branch where a swing could go but the land belongs to the church so no swing,
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364972)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Sep
Some of the camping grounds have swings swung from trees but more and more the worry about safety stops such installations.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (205211)
• United States
15 Sep
Amazing. That's a great picture.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364972)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Sep
The trees all looked quite stressed and very dark.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (198257)
• United States
15 Sep
We have some trees around that are storm damaged..but can't think of any that quite look like that.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364972)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Sep
Probably they've been a bit starved of water over the years. That might have something to do with the shapes that appear.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (154166)
• India
16 Sep
The bent shape is when they go in search of the sun.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (154166)
• India
19 Sep
@JudyEv You have a point
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364972)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Sep
Surely not when they head towards the ground though.
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luisadannointed
@luisadannointed (9453)
• Philippines
18 Sep
I think every place have its own stories of hardship and happy moments.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364972)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Sep
I'm sure you are right. This tree has had a few hardships I think.
Four Walls
@FourWalls (79915)
• United States
17 Sep
Strangely beautiful. I remember you showing pictures of trees that had been blasted by wind so they were “leaning” from the wind.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364972)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Sep
Some of our trees do lean right over after years of buffeting by strong winds. Here is the tree I've put up before. There is even a parking spot on the road near this so tourists can stop and take photos.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (146329)
• Roseburg, Oregon
15 Sep
Those are cool looking trees.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364972)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Sep
I was very intrigued with their shapes. Hardly any were straight and tall.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (124478)
• Marion, Ohio
15 Sep
Those do look very abused
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364972)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Sep
The climate is pretty harsh up that way.
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rakski
@rakski (149313)
• Philippines
16 Sep
The way the tree loops back to its trunk makes it feel alive with character
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364972)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Sep
I had to wonder if other people photographed it.
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rakski
@rakski (149313)
• Philippines
22 Sep
@JudyEv I think some who has a good imagination will
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Fleur
@Fleura (33032)
• United Kingdom
15 Sep
That is strange, I wonder if it was struggling to reach the light past some other tree that has since fallen?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364972)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Sep
That could be but much of the vegetation is a bit similar.
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (21245)
• United States
16 Sep
Neat trees.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (364972)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Sep
They were very intriguing to me.