I was born in the Redlands district (southern bayside Brisbane) when the area was bush or farmland. As a result I was able to spend a very carefree childhood becoming familiar with the abundant flora of native banksias, hakeas, grass trees, wild orchids and many other smaller varieties of native flowers such as the bluebells and wild irises. Of special charm to us children were the tracts of beautiful pink boronia blooming profusely each season. A particular vivid childhood memory is of a playmate and myself dragging a wash tub full of boronia bunches to the main road, with a placard “Boronia, 3 pence a bunch”. However, when a car eventually stopped, presumably to buy, we fled in fright, leaving it to them. Needless to say, that venture never became…