Bottle Tree?

Yesterday I finally stopped my car by that mysterious "bottle tree" that's been puzzling me for ages. The tree grows green bottle-shaped fruit, the size of a champagne bottle. I tried knocking some down, but they wouldn't budge. The ones I found on the ground were hollow, with a hard brown shell. Anyone knows what kind of tree this is?

(x-posted to ginun_ru, gardening)

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Life in the Australian army...

(from the morning funmail)

Dear Mum & Dad,

I am well. Hope youse are too. Tell me big brothers Doug and Phil that the Army is better than workin' on the farm - tell them to get in bloody quick smart before the jobs are all gone! I wuz a bit slow in settling down at first, because ya don't hafta get outta bed until 6am. But I like sleeping in now, cuz all ya gotta do before brekky is make ya bed and shine ya boots and clean ya uniform. No bloody cows to milk, no calves to feed, no feed to stack - nothin'!! Ya haz gotta shower though, but its not so bad, coz there's lotsa hot water and even a light to see what ya doing!

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