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Good morning,
Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @Bet. It's terrific to have you join us, and many thanks for your question about scale.
Certainly sounds like scale and possibly Gumtree Scale (Eriococcus coriaceus) which has a red fluid inside. Apart from removing heavily affected branches, horticultural oils are typically effective at controlling the spread of most scales.
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Mitchell
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