Banksia

I met up with my grandson today to take him to lunch out for his 21st birthday. We had an excellent Indian buffet in a restaurant I know. 
Then we came up to my place for coffee and a chat.  He gave me this lovely gift of two Banksia seed pods and essential oils to add into the centre, just underneath the tiny cork. What a sweet and thoughtful gift! One of the essential oils is Eucalyptus (a beautiful aroma) and the other is Mandarin. A lovely gift from Australia!

I looked up Banksia and found this:
An evergreen Australian shrub that typically has narrow leathery leaves and numerous small flowers borne on cylindrical spikes (often likened to bottlebrushes) ..