Just wondering how many 'thong trees' there are out in the playground. I'm camped near this one at Lloyd Jones Weir just out of Barcaldine in central Qld, although there is other footwear "adorning" this one, and it doesn't appear that any of them are nailed to the tree.

Joe

Tongue in cheek

I think that I heard on the grapevine, an unconfirmed report that Thong/Jandel type trees, are grown by people with little, or no practicability

Over in the West, we are now growing Mooring Trees

The Mooring Tree, is a practicable tree.
In time of flood, the mooring will rise, and they will be seen from a distance
This will alert the traveller, that they are in a floodplain area, without them getting their feet wet, so to speak

Below is a picture of such a tree

Emerald Beach near Coffs

Aussie wrote:

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Sorry blaze, but I think it would be a good idea if we started a whole heap of Thong Trees / Jandels, and people used a felt pen to put their e-mail address on the thongs they leave in a tree. After some time we could draw a map of these trees all around Aus and gain some new friends.
YES ? NO ?

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 A lot on here preach no generators, no camp fires, we pick up rubbish at campsites, or the good old grey water, maybe even the floating dunny roll but hell its ok to hang up a bloody rubber thong that wont bio degrade and call it ok, well I call it for what it is, environmental vandalism.

discussed

blaze

There is a thong/boot tree at the Melrose SA. showgrounds.

There is ( or used to be ) a bicycle tree near Dajarra.

Gday...

don't talk about the thong tree    

Cheers - John

When I read  the title for this topic my mind imediately thought of thong as in underwear not thong as in footwear. 

rockylizard wrote:

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Gday...

don't talk about the thong tree    

Cheers - John

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Coooooeeeeee! Rocky.  

Greens Lake, Northern Central VIC has a very nice healthy looking Thong Tree there but I aint putt'n no pic up here cos I got in big trouble last time.

I only took the pic, not put a thong on it   

There used to be a "Tree of Lost Soles" at Archer Point near Cooktown and people had written their hometown and country of origin. Made interesting reading.

goldcoaster wrote:

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Emerald Beach near Coffs

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 That's a good one eh??!!

blaze wrote:

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Aussie wrote:

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Sorry blaze, but I think it would be a good idea if we started a whole heap of Thong Trees / Jandels, and people used a felt pen to put their e-mail address on the thongs they leave in a tree. After some time we could draw a map of these trees all around Aus and gain some new friends.
YES ? NO ?

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 A lot on here preach no generators, no camp fires, we pick up rubbish at campsites, or the good old grey water, maybe even the floating dunny roll but hell its ok to hang up a bloody rubber thong that wont bio degrade and call it ok, well I call it for what it is, environmental vandalism.

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blaze

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OOP'S 

Aussie wrote:

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blaze wrote:

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Aussie wrote:

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Sorry blaze, but I think it would be a good idea if we started a whole heap of Thong Trees / Jandels, and people used a felt pen to put their e-mail address on the thongs they leave in a tree. After some time we could draw a map of these trees all around Aus and gain some new friends.
YES ? NO ?

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 A lot on here preach no generators, no camp fires, we pick up rubbish at campsites, or the good old grey water, maybe even the floating dunny roll but hell its ok to hang up a bloody rubber thong that wont bio degrade and call it ok, well I call it for what it is, environmental vandalism.

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blaze

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OOP'S 

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Gday...

See I tole ya'all

don't mention the thong tree    

Cheers - John

Aussie wrote:

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I wouldn't dare say old age equals narrow mind but, there are a couple of comments here that make me wonder.

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 I just feel you maybe having a dig at me, that's ok, I can handle that. So instead of calling me narrow minded why don't you open yours a little and explain to me why its ok to hang rubbish in trees (and be proud of it) and its not ok to put toilet paper in the bush, leave rubbish at camp sites, maybe a stack of tyres on the side of the road, run my genie all night which are all environmentally unfriend to say the very least

blaze

ps yep it is a sore point with me and I will defend my right to express my view until my last breath

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Along the Nullabor there are several similar trees. In our travels we have seen a boot tree, kitchen tree, and just outside of Madura there is a bra tree.

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Hi Hewy,

We might do a bit of free camping around that bra tree for a day or two. Might get a bit of free entrainment eh. 

I won't tell lambie why we are camped up there, cause that bl....dy rollin pin she users, just might reappear.

^^^^Game on. Bare knuckles at fifty paces. 

Please let me know where there is a money tree.

Bryan wrote:

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Please let me know where there is a money tree.

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 On gumtree.  

When the thong tree is ready to be picked it could be turned into something else.

Bryan wrote:

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Please let me know where there is a money tree.

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Sandstone. 

sandsmere wrote:

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There is a thong/boot tree at the Melrose SA. showgrounds.

There is ( or used to be ) a bicycle tree near Dajarra.

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Still there, we saw it a few months ago