The Bunya Pine is restricted to just a very few locations in North Queensland apart from the Bunya Mountains in the south east corner of the state. Apart from the natural habitat in rainforest near Mt Carbine, Mt Lewis area, they can also be seen roadside in Malanda and Yungaburra as a result of cultivation. In the tropical regions the Bunya cones tend to drop around Nov Dec Jan. These cones, which can be larger than a human head, can be quite dangerous as they fall from a great height. They look like a large overgrown green pineapple, and are . . .

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