2019 Australia's Hottest and Driest - WMO, page-146

Centuries? Not sure about that . Your bacterial analogy has some merit although @remedium has a thought on the colon, particularly at the turns.
If you are wanting to harvest gum trees and not introduced species like pines and or any other ag product then an understanding of the Australian bush is required at a minimum.
Get the drift you are backing the idiot leader of Nationals who reckons global warming is a pile of horse s$$t.

Cheers