Turpentines will soon be flowering.
Listen for flying-foxes in them at night.

 Nectar

• Nectar forms in the centre of each flower at night.
• This carbohydrate drink attracts flying-foxes on their nightly foraging for food.
• It’s like a sports-drink, giving flying-foxes the energy to search from tree to tree during the night for enough nectar, pollen and fruit to last them through the following day.

Pollen

• The yellow blobs are pollen grains, held above the nectar on the ends of white stalks, the stamens.
• Each pollen grain is a good source of protein for flying-foxes.
• The pollen contains genetic material needed to make viable seeds.
• As well as getting a good feed, flying-foxes carry pollen on their fur from tree to tree.
• This pollen transfer from tree to tree is essential for this species of tree to exchange genes and retain a healthy population.

Turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera) is a member of the Myrtaceae family which includes Eucalyptus, Angophora and Callistemon to name a few genera.