They are truly beautiful indeed. Appreciative of this very Australian post,and your thoughfulness here:

And so, in passing...
I honour these sacred and powerful trees.
It is a sorry sight to see them here,
they stand like lost kings...protectors of a land that isnt their's.
I pay my respects, i say sorry and i give my thanks

They've been flowering a lot down here - big twisted and spear like flowers against bright blue skies. So ancient and definitely present.