Without warning, Illawarra Flame Trees are again bombarding the surrounding countryside , causing locals to take shelter . The spectacular native Australian trees are in the process of shedding all their foliage to make way for distinctive crimson flowers which give them their name .
It is a situation similar to the recent Armageddon event down the road where many fronds and old bunches of nuts from a palm tree , along with resident Possums , buried a garden .
Caught in the latest bombardment are Curlews - like the mother shown here , two chicks sheltering under her wings from the missiles .
In another location , below ,the same birds spread out near a pile of leaves blown about by wind .
Flowers emerging almost as quickly as leaves cascade from branches .
The ground is completely covered in a spot much used by Curlews during the day , now vacated due to the constant tumbling leaves
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