Very red

 

Maybe it's the time of year, or the recent rain after not much, but there are some fabulously red Sydney Red Gums (Angophora costata) around at the moment.

It's raining and the angophora's shining!

We've finally had a good dose of rain after a lot of very dry months in Sydney. We'll need a few more such events over the spring and summer, if we're to avoid a dreadful bushfire season, but it's a nice start.

The angophora tree out the front looks like it's loving it!

Angophora costata

Angophora costata is a common woodland and forest tree of Eastern Australia, and is known by a variety of names including smooth-barked apple, rose gum, rose apple and Sydney red gum. It grows primarily on sandstone soils, usually on headlands, plateaus or other elevated areas. More at Wikipedia

Angophoras after the rain

Photographed yesterday in the Berowra Valley National Park, in the Pennant Hills area.