Heard about those, and that they’re out of print…
I want something more like a field guide. I’ll have a look at Boffins, if I ever go to the big smoke…
I’m thinking now it is a Marri. The WA blackbutt, Eucalyptus patens is very similar and flowers this time of year, but its bark while similar in texture is darker than Marri.
My first guess Eucalyptus pilularis is incorrect.
Are you sure Wilfred? I have a lot of Marri here and the bark texture seems to be different. Doesn’t ‘peel’ like that and is more ‘corky’.
No I am not sure. But I am going to stick with Marri. Reasons(in the absence of nuts) the bark in the photo is that of an immature tree and look Marri. Those dead sticks around the bottom section is typical of Marri, but there are others that are similar.
Show a photo of the nuts along side a dollar coin and I maybe that could swing me to E.patens.
I just do the best I can. This mantle of being the plant “know all” sometimes hangs very heavy around my shoulders. 
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Absolutely Wilfred. Used to go for walks with the local branch of the WA Naturalists and they always pointed it out the difference of the nuts, and bark for ID. I wasn’t paying attention when they mentioned that the bark of immature Marri is different from older specimens. I learned something new today.
I was driving up the road home a couple of hours ago and noticed two trees have bark similar to the ones laney posted above.
Really have to get hold of a good ID guide. We live in one of the best places on Earth for flora, and most of us don’t know it.