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- While most of the leaning trees are on the Greenough Flats, this exemplar is in the city of Geraldtion, near Subway.at the coner of Sanford and Durlacher streets.
This windblown stretch of the Western Australian coast is renowned for the strong and persistent onshore winds from the south and south-west.
The most susceptible trees are Eucalyptus Camaldulensis (Red River Gum) – although along the Greenough Flats it is likely that E. Camaldulensis is overly represented at gross angles as this location is the natural home for this tree.
The reason for the trees leaning is a combination of salt laden wind that inhibits the growth on the windward side of the tree, and the wind itself.
Greenough in particular is famous for its wind-contorted trees.
There is a purpose built parking area to allow tourists to view and/or photograph this wildly wind-tortured tree, nine kilometres north of the S Bend in a paddock by the side of the Brand Highway.
Read more about the Leaning Trees of Greenough.
The leaning trees of Greenough are such an icon of the area that the local government authority has incorporated a ‘leaning tree’ into its logo.
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- At one tome the Shire of Greenough used a depiction of a leaning tree in their logo.
The unusual sight of leaning trees makes them a very obvious feature of this windblown section of the Western Australian coast, however, there are other effects, potentially more important. Coastal erosion/rearrangement, although active for many millions of years, is one that is of concern to authorities.
© Kim Epton 2025
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