The turning leaves on Australia's only native winter deciduous tree, the fagus, herald the approach of autumn in Tasmania's Cradle Mountain National Park.
Yes - it grows in parts of the US, where it reaches heights of upto 125 feet. But it proliferates in the rain forests of Indoensia, New Guinea and the Philippines - grows twice as big there. The colours show up when old bark peels off in strips to reveal new bark underneath. I had my photo taken standing next to one years ago when I worked in New Guinea - the tallest tree I had ever seen.
Imagine looking out your back window and seeing this... Photographed yesterday in Mooloolaba, Queensland - a carpet python feasting on a possum.
"Its just a jump to the left And then a step to the right With your claws on the perch You bring your wings in tight"