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6 Calder Hwy, Ouyen VIC 3490, AustraliaMap
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  • ET3121
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    Quirky attraction

    Huge stump located at the entrance of Blackburn Park. Well worth a stop as it’s an extremely quirky attraction you probably won’t see anywhere else

    Reviewed on Nov 9, 2019
  • Crystalline4u
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    Guinness World Record officials measured the root's circumference at 10.69 metres

    A mallee root is the extremely hard, woody root of a mallee tree — a dwarf eucalypt that is often used for firewood, but is also valued by wood-turners because of its marbled grain. Ouyen's Big Mal...

    Reviewed on Aug 20, 2019
  • Michael Rohan S
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    Destruction of native vegetation

    This tree has a root system that I have never seen before. It was drought resistant and adapted to this sun baked country. But what did the people do? They pulled them out and that's what's celebrated...

    Reviewed on Mar 16, 2019
  • FyingKiwi
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    Interesting

    Supposedly the largest Mallee tree stump in all of Australia, yet its significance appears not to warrant being signposted for travelers to admire. Only found when stopping at the Information board at...

    Reviewed on Jan 17, 2019