Boab Trees

As you enter the Kimberly area you begin to see lot of Boab trees. These are fat stumpy looking trees that almost appear upside down, and totally stand out among the landscape. The Aborigines have a legend that says the Boab was once a very arrogant tree and God turned it upside down to teach it a lesson in humility. Very interestingly, the only other place in the world where this tree grows is in parts of Africa and the tribes there have an identical legend!

From Australia, Th...