I live most of the time on a collective Landcare property on Gadabanud Country, Cape Otway. This land parcel sits on damp sands, herb-rich woodland. A key environmental problem is the massive decimation of manna gums, brought about by introduced koalas in the 1980s. The koalas ate themselves out of a food source; many eventually had to be euthanised. Multiple ecological losses ensued. The group work to replant and protect manna gums and monitor invasive species. The trees’ dead white trunks remain a ghostly and dramatic presence at the Cape, inspiring eerie paintings. Invasive species also lodge throughout. My paintings also suggest the overwhelming ecological impacts of colonisation by seed, resisting images of pristine wilderness.