Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday to everybody, but especially to the magnificent Wonnerup Tuart, photographed by @jinniwinter.bsky.social
Hug a big gum today and every day! And tag us in your #ThickTrunkTuesday photos to share them with us 🫶
#OurEucalyptHome #LoveAGum
🌳: Eucalyptus gomphocephala
Today is National Eucalypt Day! Celebrating and conserving
Australia's iconic eucalypts. Vote for your favourite eucalypt. Mine is the scribbly gum. What's yours?https://eucalyptaustralia.org.au/
#NationalEucalyptDay2026 #loveagum #australianbush
Among Australia's parrots, the lorikeets are especially good at extracting nectar from eucalypts.
The tongues of these species feature a specially adapted brush tip and are strong enough to push deep into gum blossoms before they are open, beating other pollinators to the nectar reward! #LoveAGum
🚨Boom! There's nothing like flowering gum #streeteucs to make our day.
Beautiful Corymbia ficifolia cultivars blooming in Bendigo ❤️🚨💃
#LoveAGum #streettrees
#FlowersOnFriday: Pollination strategies!
Insect-attracting gums:
- white/cream flowers = more visible to insects.
- small, shallow flowers = accessible nectar
- tend to have denser populations, where pollinators with small home ranges can carry pollen from tree to tree
#EucalyptsAreHome #LoveAGum
🌿 One month left to apply for a #NationalEucalyptDay2026 microgrant! A limited number of $500 grants are up for grabs to help bring your event idea to life. EOIs due by 5pm, Feb 11 👉 eucalyptaustralia.org.au/national-euc...
#LoveAGum #OurEucalyptHome
Check out the divine fluffy blooms of the Salt Gum (Eucalyptus salicola) 🌸 A smooth-barked beauty from WA’s wheatbelt, its name means “salt-dweller”—fitting for a tree that thrives near salt lakes! #LoveAGum #eucbeaut #gumblossom
#FlowersOnFriday: Meet Eucalyptus melanophloia (Silver-leaved Ironbark) 🌿 A striking QLD & NSW tree with silvery leaves, cream flowers & rough bark—not to be confused with the similar but smaller E. shirleyi! 📸 Dr Dean Nicolle via iNaturalist: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #LoveAGum
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday from Doreen, Victoria, where Julie Sheppard captured this stunning sunset silhouette. We love the balance in this grand old River Red Gum.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful moment with us via our 2025 Photo Competition: The Travel Edition.
#LoveAGum #paddockgums
🌿 Planning your #NationalEucalyptDay2026 event? Theme: Our Eucalypt Home—celebrating how eucalypts support Aussie wildlife + plants, from insects to koalas! We’re here to help—get in touch this month before microgrant apps close Feb 11: eucalyptaustralia.org.au/national-euc...
#LoveAGum
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday! 🌈 Meet the Rainbow Gum (Eucalyptus deglupta)—a fast-growing, vividly coloured species native to the Philippines, PNG & Indonesia, and the only eucalypt native to the Northern Hemisphere! 📷 Bronwen Cavallo #rainbowgum #eucbeaut #LoveAGum
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday specifically to this stupendous Blue-leaved Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata subspecies thalassica) and the Eucalyptus_Hunters team that shared it with us! Follow eucalyptus-hunters on Instagram and TikTok. #LoveAGum
A photographer and a motorcyclist stop to admire the same grand old trees. A great moment to capture the grandeur of these hilltop beauties.
Thank you to Adrian Plitzco for sharing this scene with us via our 2025 Photo Competition: The Travel Edition.
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday everybody!
#LoveAGum
One tree, countless homes. #ThickTrunkTuesday on Dja Dja Wurrung Country. 🌳 River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) #LoveAGum #australiannature #treeoftheday
🌿Keen to run an event for #NationalEucalyptDay2026? It’s on 23 March, but events can start early March. This year’s theme is Our Eucalypt Home highlighting how eucalypts support so much of our unique flora and fauna. Info + sign-up: eucalyptaustralia.org.au/national-euc...
#LoveAGum #OurEucalyptHome
📣 Councils, nurseries, artists, educators & community groups—EOIs are open for #NationalEucalyptDay26! Events run Mar–Apr. Theme: Our Eucalypt Home. $500 microgrants available! Details 👉 eucalyptaustralia.org.au/national-euc...
#LoveAGum #OurEucalyptHome
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday from the Eucalypt Lawn at @anbgalive! With 70+ eucalypt species, it’s a top spot for #EucalyptID—or just resting in the shade from Angophora, Corymbia & Eucalyptus. Tag @eucalyptaus in your pics for your chance to be featured #LoveAGum #eucbeaut 🌳
Last week we shared the green gumblossom of Eucalyptus platypus—but is it named after the Platypus? Not quite! Both names come from Greek: platy = flat, pus = foot. The tree has flat flower stalks; the animal, flat feet. Same roots, different species! #LoveAGum 📸: Dean Nicolle
🌿 Planning has begun for #NationalEucalyptDay2026! 🌿
Theme: Our Eucalypt Home
We're calling for events that celebrate the biodiversity value of eucalypts — in bushland, farms, towns + suburbs.
Info + EOIs now live: eucalyptaustralia.org.au/national-euc...
#LoveAGum #OurEucalyptHome #ozplants
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday, everyone! Old Blotchy is the second largest Spotted Gum (Corymbia maculata) in the world, at 58 metres tall and 10.7 metres in circumference. #LoveAGum 📸: helenwylkscross on Instagram
Let’s hear it for the big old habitat trees this #ThickTrunkTuesday! Dead or alive, they’re vital for wildlife. Show us your local legends—tag #LoveAGum + #ThickTrunkTuesday and shout out the landowners and councils protecting them! 🌳: Yellow Gum (Eucalyptus leucoxylon)
Two Fuchsia Gums often confused: Eucalyptus dolichorhyncha & E. forrestiana. 🌺 Look to the bud cap (operculum): dolichorhyncha has a long, pointed “nose” (from Greek dolicho = long, rhynchos = nose); forrestiana has a rounded dome. #LoveAGum #eucalyptID
#FlowersOnFriday: Lemon-scented Gums aren’t just about that iconic citrus scent 🌿—they explode with nectar-rich white flowers that lure birds, bees, bats, gliders, moths & more. A generalist pollinator magnet, spreading pollen far & wide! #LoveAGum
🌳: Corymbia citriodora
🌱 #DidYouKnow most eucalypts can thrive in pots? Choose the right species, use free-draining native mix, give them sun + shelter, and don’t overwater. Airpots help avoid root issues, and pruning keeps them in shape. More tips + inspo on our Instagram and Facebook 👇
#LoveAGum #pottedeucs #ozplants
A spectacular photo of a gorgeous tree. Snapped by @colljhop Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday everybody! Share your big old gums with us by tagging @eucalyptaus. #LoveAGum #bigtree #treeoftheday #moody
❗CLOSING TOMORROW: 2026 Grants & Fellowships
🌿 Apply now for:
✨ Dahl Fellowships – up to $25K
✨ Community Grants – $5K
✨ Research Grants – up to $50K
⏳ Apps close 12 Aug (midnight AEST) 👉https://eucalyptaustralia.org.au/ #LoveAGum #Grants #Fellowships #fundingopportunity
#FlowersOnFriday 🌸
Check out the spectacular flowers & bright red fruit of this Woollybutt (Eucalyptus longifolia)! Native to coastal NSW, this one was spotted as a street tree in Central Victoria
What’s flowering near you? Tag @eucalyptaus.bsky.social to show us!
#LoveAGum #FloweringNow #InBloom 🌿
We're excited to see that Australian PhD candidate Donna Fitzgerald has been awarded a NASA internship to further her study into eucalypt forest dieback!
Congratulations, Donna!
Read all about it at womenlovetech.com/nasa-selects...
#LoveAGum #forestdieback #womeninstem #ozplants
Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday from Muckleford Station, Central Victoria, where we spotted this lovely big Yellow Box, Eucalyptus melliodora.
📍Dja Dja Wurrung Country
#LoveAGum #bigtree #ozplants
The 26th National Street Tree Symposium is just a month away!
Register now to join other professionals, students and experts in the important discussion about equity in Australian urban forestry:
treenet.org/26th-nationa...
#LoveAGum #urbangreening #urbanforest #greencities
