Camphor Laurels

Look at these magnificent camphor laurels - trees that create a whole canopy, provide the best wood, give shelter to animals and birds and provide fertile branches for tree ferns. I parked in this street today and then looked at it in absolute awe. Someone got the planning and planting right here didnt they? 

You would have thought so but in fact as with many things in Australia the initial idea is good and then nature takes it course.The Asian native camphor laurel was introduced in the early 1820, with the first recording at the Sydney Botanic Gardens. There was some talk that the name may have been misunderstood for a Bay tree Laurus Nobilis instead of Laurus Camphora.It came to Brisbane in the 1860s and was widely planted because it grew quickly and was spread by the currawongs. Another tree which is now declared as an invasive weed. Hard to believe but so it is.