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pete wrote:

I wont be planting any gums thats a definite, I need every bit of rain
and although I know gums would suck up plenty of that saline water table
I can't afford for em to steal me precious rainwater.... but there will
definitely be trees both native and exotic fruiting.

Do you have a local melaleuca species you can use for shade? Not so aggro
with the roots as gums might be, tend to be very salt/wind tolerant, and you
can use the brush for your shade house later on. Though I think some of them
tend to prevent anything else from growing around them (is it called
allopathic?).

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Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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