Posted by Gus on 8/3/2007, 5:31 am, in reply to "Re: Does it look like this a bit?" So, it is the time for you to browse the link below. Not all the species are there with full data, but many of the ones that are not... have possibly never been cultivated outside of Australia, or very rarely, so the chances of finding one of these against finding one of the more common species are very low. On flowers and nuts being too high: fresh samples always better, but checking the floor around the tree can give hints too. Otherwise, you might need a telescopic pole with secateurs. But this gives you less speed if having to run away fast because the owner of the trees wonders "what is that guy doing there" Have you considered telling the realtor there is a crazy European (or Canadian, or Californian or whatever, Texan can work too) that might want to buy the property if it has the right trees on it? If you see more will to help after that you can have some laughs later Key to Eucalypts of Greater Brisbane has some nice drawings. But I think climate in that area (so eucs common there) is a bit different to yours. Still, I do not know for sure, I am half a world away from both places! Borrow a camera! Collective experience in the board is enough to ID them. I am sure we will get to know what those trees are if we are stubborn enough
Link: EUCLID-Corymbia species
81.37.118.198
Tom, patience is required. It is too soon to think "this is the ID" 
But if "it looks a bit like this", and with the description you gave, it is very likely a Corymbia. Which narrows the search from some 800 to some 100 types of eucalypt. (Sometimes it is faster to discard "what it is not" than knowing "what it is")
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