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Roma's largest bottle tree, which has an incredible girth of 9.62 meters, a height of 15 meters, and a crown of 23 meters, was transplanted by Roma Town Council to its present location from a local property in 1927. The tree was fairly well-grown at the time of the transplant and quite possibly originated in the nineteenth century. No trip to Roma is complete without a selfie with the Big Bottle Tree! Source: www.queensland.com/au/en/things-to-do/attractions/p-57731...

Roma's Largest Bottle Tree was mature when transplanted and is now over 100 years old. It takes around 6 men to reach the girth of Roma's Largest Bottle Tree. Although Roma's Largest Bottle Tree is fully mature the trunk still grows around 1cm per year, depending on the season. Some people believe the tree is hollow however the swelling is due to water held in its fibrous trunk and does not usually contain free water. Often Bottle Tress can live naturally for well over 200 years. An interesting fact is most trees described by Major Thomas Mitchell in 1864 at Mt Abundance can still be found today. Source: www.overlandermotel.com.au/romas-largest-bottle-tree.php?...

Binjour is a rural locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. Binjour is in the Wide Bay-Burnett region on the Burnett Highway 349 kilometres (217 mi) by road north of the state capital, Brisbane.[3] The Binjour Range Rest Area, at the top of the range, is near the southern end of the Binjour Plateau.[4][5] Gurgeena is near the northern end of the plateau. The Burnett Highway passes through the locality from east to west. It is within the Burnett River drainage basin Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binjour

... The opening up of the Binjour Plateau means a great thing for Queensland, and to those who understand the value of scrub selections, it will at once commend itself. On a dull day the cloud masses pass over the slopes of this great fertile region, promising plenty of moisture apart from the regular rains, to the grasses and the crops which now in the future will gladden the earth where the riotous tangle of scrub vines and brigalow hold their sway, and where the giant bottle-trees—those valuable adjuncts to the haystack in dry seasons—stand embowered. The Brisbane Courier, 02 Feb 1906 trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19432925#