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1 Deciphering Nature's Message Stick Max Whitten , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 71 no. 2 2012; (p. 30-38) The gum-tree stands by the spring
I peeled its splitting bark
And found the written track
Of a life I could not read.

- Judith Wright

'Judith Wright was inspired to pen these words, intrigued by Nature's enigmatic graffiti on our smooth-barked gum trees. These scribbles have puzzled biologists and bush walkers up and down Australia's south-eastern seaboard for generations.' (Author's introduction)
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