Award Presentation and Tree Planting Days Image Gallery
The President of Greening Australia (ACT and SE NSW) Mr Mark Butz presents an award to the Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Michael L'Estrange for the Department's contribution to the environment. [Larger photograph] 
Ms Skye Palmer, proprietor of the Café Brindabella, Mr Mark Butz, President of Greening Australia (ACT and SE NSW), Mr Michael L'Estrange, Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, holding a panoramic photograph of the tree planting site, Mt Macdonald, presented to the Department by Greening Australia. [Larger photograph] 
DFAT Tree Planting, Mt McDonald, October 2004 - a great family day! [Larger photograph] 
DFAT staff relaxing at the sausage sizzle after the Tree Planting, Sunday 17 October 2004, Mt McDonald [Larger photograph] 
DFAT trees, planted October 2004, photographed four months after planting [Larger photograph] 
Mt McDonald, July 2005, the trees we planted in October 2005 are thriving [Larger photograph] 
Mt McDonald, July 2005 [Larger photograph] 
September 2005, Mt McDonald, planting well underway [Larger photograph] 
DFAT father and son, September 2005, Mt McDonald [Larger photograph] 
September 2005, Mt McDonald [Larger photograph] 
September 2005, Mt McDonald [Larger photograph] 
Proprietor of Cafe Brindabella (located in RG Casey Building) and children, September 2005, Mt McDonald [Larger photograph] 
DFAT mother and daughter, September 2005, Mt McDonald [Larger photograph] 
Eucalyptus melliodora
[Larger photograph]
Tree to 30m. Widespread on lower slopes and rises usually in grassy woodlands. Flowers in spring and summer. Hollows provide nest sites and refuge for a range of native birds and mammals such as possums, gliders and bats. Nectar rich flowers, seeds and fruit provide food for birds, mammals and insects. An example of one of the species of native trees and shrubs planted by staff from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Café Brindabella. Image courtesy of Greening Australia.