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THE largest organic fruit salad, longest straw chain and most lemons cut in mid-air were among the quirkier records set at Gladfield at the weekend - but the most important one was surely the most trees planted in an hour. Treehenge senior consultant Maryanne Thompson said about 90 people gathered for the Wild World Records event at the Treehenge site on Saturday, to help make it into the history books by planting 130 trees in  a logo.

She said it was exciting to see just how many people got involved in the unique event aimed at raising awareness.

Despite not getting quite as many trees in the ground as first thought, Mrs Thompson said it was a great...

QUEENSLAND’S ‘TREEHENGE’ TO BE SEEN FROM SPACE

Queensland will soon have a sustainability project so large it will join the pyramids of Giza as one of the only manmade objects visible from the International Space Station.

Called ‘Treehenge’, the project will see thousands of massive trees lined up to form a unique design in the Condamine River Basin and lead to several other plantations of its type across the country.

Treehenge is an initiative by the not-for-profit Condamine Alliance and it will not only help revive the land and endangered animal populations in one of the nation’s major food bowls but also be a unique place of commemoration.