Do I have a sick Gumtree?

[u/Mountain_Text_3172]

The tree is shedding lots of very thick bark and plenty of dead small branches are falling.

I've included a pic of some of the recent bark it has shed, which is thicker than my thumb.

There are also deep cracks up the trunk from almost ground level and then the lowest limb has some kind of deep rot with fungus in it.

I'm unsure what type of gum it is, but it's not a smooth bark variant I'm pretty sure. Keen for some opinions 🙏🏼

[u/Mountain_Text_3172]

Thanks, I'll try and get some extra shots 👍🏼

Getting an arborist onto it, but he's gonna be a few weeks yet, so thought I'd get some opinions in the meantime.

The decline of the vitality of the tree has been very apparent in the past year, with visitors to our house commenting on it. But that decay and fungus on the first major limb is a concern as it has advanced quite quickly and that's a very large limb that overhangs my kids bedrooms.

The weight of the rest of the tree would see it fall onto our neighbour's house 😐

[u/CartographerUpbeat61 → u/Mountain_Text_3172]

I have seen large areas of decay on my own tree and this year it’s won the battle . So hang in there , it might do it by itself. Very resilient.. La Niña was a bit tough for them..