Please help to look after our trees. It is so dry that some are dying

The White Stinkwood trees at the communal jetty across from my house on Plantation Island. 

Watering in dry periods over the last 12 years has kept them all alive and growing.  I was away for a month and when I came back in mid November, I noticed (after a few days) that the smaller trees' leaves were closing up. I watered them the night I saw this but it was too late to save a lot of the leaves which fell off. But the trees have recovered, albeit with fewer leaves.  They are now being watered weekly.

The last few months have been so dry that some small trees are dying and even some bigger trees are taking strain. Please keep an eye on the trees outside your house and water them if needed. A deep watering about once a week will keep them in good shape. We don’t want to lose trees that have survived a decade or more when a little bit of water can keep them alive. 

The same White Stinkwoods at the communal jetty on Plantation Island were planted at communal jetties on other Islands. Most have died through lack of water.  

After I wrote this, I decided to go and look at the trees at the communal jetty on Leeward Island. It was not a pretty picture.

Two of the original white stinkwoods at the West end are doing well as they have benefited by the adjoining neighbour's sprinklers. Most of the others have died. Like these 2. Some have been replaced by other trees, but they are also struggling. Aside from some at the East end that have apparently also benefited from their neighbour's watering. 

Please adopt the trees outside your house!