I have a blossom for this shrub, now – and discovered the name …

Taken on the Nokia phone

From Wikipedia:

Eucalyptus platypus, also known as the Moort or Round-leaved Moort, is a small tree which occurs in an area between Albany and Esperance in Western Australia.

It is a mallee Eucalyptus and grows to between 1.5m and 10 metres in height. The canopy of the tree is dense and rounded and the leaves are elliptical to orbicular. The bark is smooth and light brown, ageing to grey.

A distinctive feature of this species are its elongated flat peduncles which are about 3 cm long and 1 cm wide. These are referred to in its specific name platypus which is derived from the Greek words πλατύς (platy: flat, broad) and πους (pous: foot). The peduncles support stalkless buds with long, conical caps in clusters of up to seven. These are followed by greenish-yellow (or occasionally white, cream or (rarely) red) flowers in spring and summer which are to some degree obscured by the dense foliage.

Well, M-R, you weren’t far wrong were close when you said it was a mallee Eucalyptus grossa. 🙂

Last bit, they thought it would go, but it was just too heavy! Ended up cutting two more pieces off. Taken this morning with my phone.

Yesterday it was taken down to just the stump and this huge bit of trunk. The elm was hollow right up the centre, but was still mostly solid at the base. It has actually suckered up the centre hollow!

Both rainbow lorikeets came to feed on my fence yesterday. Actually, they scared off the sulphur-crested cockatoo. I didn’t try to take photos, didn’t want to disturb them.

Sent from my phone. No action today. Both the lorikeets are still around.