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‘An unexplained phenomenon’: the Australian obsession for putting stuff in trees
There are trees hung with hats, bras, mugs, bikes and teddy bears located throughout regional Australia. But why do we do it?
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Beside a desolate stretch of outback road, a gum tree is covered in bras.
A few hours south, another is draped with old pairs of shoes. To the west, on banks of the Murray Darling River, hundreds of pairs of thongs are nailed to sawn-off tree trunks. Locals call them “thong trees”.
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