Stinking Gidgee & Resilient Wattles in the Outback, Bush Botany @ Lightning Ridge

There are many species of Acacia in Australia, and here are four of them native to the semi-arid region surrounding the opal fields at Lightning Ridge -- including one that's famous for smelling awful!
In the fourth episode of Bush Botany, Warwick Schofield takes us to the Gidgee Forest via several other species of wattle.
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This video was made with the assistance of Warwick Schofield, with acknowledgements to Margaret Schofield, Kay Wotherspoon and Susan Keckes.
Clarification: In this video I mention that some species of Acacia have modified leaf stems or cladodes in place of normal leaves. The correct term is “phyllodes” from the Ancient Greek "phullodes", meaning “leaf-like”. A phyllode is a modified leaf stem, whereas a cladode is a modified stem. Ultimately their function is very similar, but the terminology differs.
0:00 Introduction
1:58 Victoria Wattle (Acacia victoriae)
3:08 Weeping Myall (Acacia pendula)
6:06 Mulga (Acacia aneura)
8:41 Stinking Wattle (Acacia cambagei)
11:33 Conclusion
11:52 Acknowledgments
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[@nancycurtis7315]

I love learning. You love teaching. Anyone that makes the process FUN is a great teacher and a bit of an entertainer at the same time. 63 and love your channel.

[@CuriosityMine]

Thanks Nancy! Always appreciate your feedback. Thanks for watching. 😁

[@anasevi9456]

Wonderful mini doco as always, thank you!

[@CuriosityMine]

Thanks so much Ana! Really appreciate it. 😁👍

[@mikecamacho1736]

awesome stuff, always enjoyable. cheers bro🤠

[@CuriosityMine]

Thanks Mike! Always appreciate your comments. 😁👍

[@DATONALKY]

Interesting content as always, hope you can get home soon mate 👍

[@CuriosityMine]

Thank you sir! And I hope so, too. 👍

[@scottpeters5624]

Another fascinating video, thank you and Warick Edited to add I'm a gas engineer in UK. The smell of natural gas is man made, it was created, at great expense to smell like nothing else, so no one would mistake the smell, Typically, all they had to do was copy the stinky wattle, and save the public money

[@CuriosityMine]

Hi Scott, thanks for the kind words! They could definitely have saved some R&D if they had reverse-engineered the gidgee’s stench, that’s for sure. 😂

[@forestsandlace5996]

I was always mildly impressed by them even trying to come up with the smell of nothing else. haha

[@TheSilmarillian]

Whatever happened to our afternoon thunderstorms haven't seen them for many years

[@CuriosityMine]

It’s been a long time. This summer might be interesting, the El Niño weather pattern should start bringing the storms back!

[@polishcut]

Cool :=]

[@CuriosityMine]

Thanks so much! Appreciate it. 😁👍

[@TheSilmarillian]

Yep the Barwon spat its banks sorta stopped travel to the coast am heading off Monday to my brothers to help him pack up and move up here he is finally sick of the cities lol

[@CuriosityMine]

It definitely put a damper on a lot of travel plans, that’s for sure. It’ll take a while before all the roads are repaired again, too. Safe travels!

[@TheSilmarillian]

@@CuriosityMine Yep am taking the 4WD just in case

[@CuriosityMine]

Very wise!

[@forestsandlace5996]

I find the smell of gidgee mildly alarming, too - is there a gas leak? has someone left durian scraps out? is someone disrespecting the freshness of brussel sprouts?

[@CuriosityMine]

All accurate interpretations. 🤣