I think this could be a #Melaleucaquinquenervia, commonly known as the broad-leaved paperbark, paper bark tea tree, punk tree or niaouli.

This one is a small tree. Apparently it grows as a spreading tree up to 20 metres (70 ft) tall. Its small trunk is covered by a white, beige and grey thick papery bark.

Couldn’t get a focussed shot of the tree as I took it at night by street light, but closeups seemed to capture a better shot.

Melaleuca’s are native to New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and coastal eastern Australia, from Botany Bay in New South Wales northwards into Queensland.

If you think it’s something else (was thinking commin ‘ol #bottlbrush), let me know?

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