A massive tree stump now sits at Valencia and 18th streets. Around it, a flow of pedestrians and bicycles stream through the intersection, hardly noticing the felled former silk oak. But the stump is ...

IT’S the flowering, towering tree that’s blooming all over town right now. Few know its name or how it came to settle alongside so many freeways and on city streets. With its showy orange-gold blooms ...

They might be one of our most recognisable trees – but Aussies have been warned to be extra careful around one species in particular. The silky oak – or Grevillea robusta – is blooming along Australia ...

I’ve just returned from Australia’s Silky Oak Lodge where my idea of an eco-lodge was turned on its head. Maybe it was because I could splash in the warm waters of the tropical Mossman River under the ...