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While you're up on Tamborine Mountain, be sure to stray off of Gallery Walk, the shopping area, and have a walk on one of the many bush trails. All of our artists live on or around the mountains. Here are some photos of some of the mysterious and full-of-wonder nature they meet in their lives.

The Aborignal word for this variety of palm tree is piccabean and they grow throughout the mountain and rainforest. From these wonderful palm trees drop some strange sheaths or fronds. Can you see them in the lower half of the photo, nearly ready to fall?

These are the fronds a little closer. You can find them all over the forest floor (under palm trees, of course!) The aboriginal people used them as baskets. One artist - Christine - uses the actual fronds to make masks. Another artist makes moulds to capture the lines of the fronds and then creates plates, figures, bowls. (see Hillel.) These fronds have beautiful lines, textures, and shades. We have many pieces in our gallery which are inspired by them. Come by and have a closer look at them. But don't forget to see the real thing in the bush!

photos by Hillel

But there's more to these palms! Suddenly one morning this amazing growth appeared. (Maybe it wasn't so sudden, but we noticed it suddenly!) According to Sue Hill, who creates fantastic baskets with these stems, this growth is called "influrescence". It appears as a creamy white colour and carries the seeds of the palm which will appear and flower shortly after, if they're fertilized.

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	The Aborignal word for this variety of palm tree is piccabean and they grow throughout the mountain and rainforest. From these wonderful palm trees drop some strange sheaths or fronds. Can you see them in the lower half of the photo, nearly ready to fall?
	These are the fronds a little closer. You can find them all over the forest floor (under palm trees, of course!) The aboriginal people used them as baskets. One artist - Christine - uses the actual fronds to make masks. Another artist makes moulds to capture the lines of the fronds and then creates plates, figures, bowls. (see Hillel.) These fronds have beautiful lines, textures, and shades. We have many pieces in our gallery which are inspired by them. Come by and have a closer look at them. But don't forget to see the real thing in the bush!
photos by Hillel	But there's more to these palms! Suddenly one morning this amazing growth appeared. (Maybe it wasn't so sudden, but we noticed it suddenly!) According to Sue Hill, who creates fantastic baskets with these stems, this growth is called "influrescence". It appears as a creamy white colour and carries the seeds of the palm which will appear and flower shortly after, if they're fertilized.