Boab tree, the inspiration of our logotype
The Australian boab tree Adansonia gregorii is related to the Madagascan and African Adansonia species known as baobabs.
Other common names include bottle tree, boaboa, upside-down tree, and monkey bread tree.
Some baobabs are reputed to be many thousands of years old, which is difficult to verify as the wood does not produce annual growth rings, though radiocarbon dating may be able to provide age data.
Aboriginals used the giants as shelter, food and medicine. For the white settlers they served as easily recognisable land marks and meeting points, and not to forget as impromptu prison cells.
Under the boab tree represented in our logo, you can barely notice someone chilling out, no worries at all, just as our students and holders of working visas do when living in the houses we recommend.
