Now 90 percent finished, the plant looms vacant in a humid coastal forest.

There was a small area to the east of the river covered in coastal forest and scrub due to partial clearance and burning.

The deposits indicate cyclical changes from wetland, to coastal forest, to brackish conditions have been occurring over the past 12,000 years as sea levels rose.

Usually about 6m tall and often multi-stemmed with a spreading, irregular crown, it occurs in open woodland, rocky places, riverine fringes and coastal forest.

In years when the southern rt flowers well, the coastal forest canopy turns bright red.