Forests and Trees

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For many years the lack of trees on the layout has been a great concern to me - in fact it seems to have become generally accepted by people who visit my layout that the Eyre Peninsula is a treeless desert. Visitors often express surprise when I mention the need for trees. The appearance of my layout is obviously the reason behind the myth of the great treeless waste of the Eyre Peninsula.

Trees Under Way- 9 July 2004

This set of images shows my early attempts at producing the common low (20' high or so), multi-trunked mallee scrub prevalent in the Peninsula. To the right we can see the armatures after twisting and shaping the wire, while below you can see a four-trunked tree alongside a wagon to allow the relative size to be judged. At the bottom you can see a small number grouped alongside the track - useful to visualize the finished appearance, providing the clothes pegs are ignored! I believe these trees look more like mini-gums rather than mallee but at least it's a start...

Wanilla Forest Forested - 26 July 2004

Here are some before and after shots of Wanilla Forest. This relatively small section has swallowed the 28 small trees produced thus far. As mentioned above, the trees are representative of Mallee, a small multi-trunked tree typically less than 30' high. Below you see photos taken in each direction showing the effectiveness of these trees in lengthening the apparent distance between Wirrandra and Kelvin I reckon I could use as many trees again just in this scene, and still feel the need for more... For scenes showing the dry creek bed complete with trees, go to the Wanilla Forest page.

West End Hill has Trees - 3 November 2004

The second area on the layout to receive attention from the forest-and-trees crew was West End Hill. Here you can see how the trees hide (to some extent) the hole in the sky which has always dominated the scene from this viewpoint.

Last updated 03-Nov-04

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