It was a long drive up through central New South Wales when we came across one of our favourite vineyards, Petersons Winery just outside of Armidale. Down through the long gravely driveway, my travel companions were fixated on some wine tasting but I couldn’t take my eyes off the landscape and more specifically, the striking Gum Trees.

They seem to be both frightening and beautiful. Majestic yet fragile. Alive and dead. They appear to exist in two different worlds.