Dave Witty
Ashley Hay reviews ‘What the Trees See: A wander through millennia of natural history in Australia’ by Dave Witty
Ashley Hay
Friday, 23 February 2024
The photograph arrives while I am reading Dave Witty’s What the Trees See. A tree’s branch close-up, outer brown-red bark peeled back to smooth and brilliant green. A friend, spotting it on Quandamooka Country in Minjerribah, North Stradbroke Island, has been understandably stopped in her tracks. Framed intimately like this, its shape and textures suggest warm musculature: lean in, you will be held. This beautiful creature.
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March 2024, no. 462