During Bunya Pine season it's wise to listen for the distinctive clatter of the large cones as they crash to the ground.

"They get a lot bigger than a pineapple," McClymont says. "There's about 50 or 60 seeds inside each cone. After they dry, they break up. Even though I can't say I've investigated the market for Bunya nuts, the way things are going on the land we might have to!" (ABC Southern Qld: Peter Gunders)

"If you get a windy day the branches come down too. They make a fair mess on the lawn," Murray McClymont says. "It can be ute loads we have to cart away." (ABC Southern Qld: Peter Gunders)

"You'll often hear a big thud, and get a big divot in the lawn. You wouldn't want them on a golf course!" McClymont says. "We don't do anything with the pines, but our pet Labrador eats them though." (ABC Southern Qld: Peter Gunders)

The Buyna Pines dwarf the family home. "These pines were supposedly planted in 1890, and then the house built in 1903," McClymont says. "They're a beautiful tree," he says, before adding "if someone else owns them!" The trees stand about 15 metres away from the house. "They're so heavy they only drop under the leaf area of the tree. Thank God they don't hit the roof, or we'd have a lot of dings!" (ABC Southern Qld: Peter Gunders)

Standing underneath any of the five mature Bunya Pines in Murray McClymont's house yard is "probably not the safest place to be" during February, according to the southern Queensland farmer. "You get a little bit of warning when they fall. They clatter through the branches, and you just start running." (ABC Southern Qld: Peter Gunders)

Murray McClymont loves his Bunya trees, but every February he admits to not spending much time underneath the huge trees.

"My wife gardens under them. I'll see her run every now and then. She skidaddles out of the fall zone!"

"They only seem to fruit every three to four years, and they've had a fair fruiting this year. It's no big hassle, but you do have to be careful. You get a little bit of warning when they fall."

"You get the hang of living underneath them after a while," he says.