Eucalyptus: Murray Bail

On a property in New South Wales, a man named Holland lives with his daughter, Ellen. As years pass and Ellen grows into a beautiful young woman, her father announces his decision: she will marry the first man who can name all the eucalypts, down to the last tree.

As suitors clamber to meet Holland`s challenge, Ellen encounters a strange young man among her father`s trees - a storyteller, with enchanting tales of faraway lands.