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This Fig Tree covers an entire intersection right in the city core in Brisbane. The extra roots start out as strings hanging down from the branches. They then meet the ground and dig in, finally becoming larger trunks of the whole tree, helping to hold it up.
A day of protest, police, chainsaws and woodchips sees nine Morteon Bay figtrees removed from Anzac Parade at the point where the cut and cover tunnel will intersect the busy arterial road.
Although discussion apparently got heated at times, the constable I chatted to indicated no problems during the day.
The fig trees in Hyde Park, Sydney shot with the camera sitting in the ground pointing upwards towards the sky
I don't remember where I first saw this idea online. Not having a pattern or tutorial, I improvised the construction.
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On October 26th 2022 I discovered that a new galvanised walking track bridge had been built at the mouth of Browns Creek, where it enters the Manning River.
A wide concrete path leads to the bridge from the western end of Pitt and Nelson Streets near the old Peters Milk Factory Wharf.
The pathway and bridge allow new access in 2022 from the east across Browns Creek to the Taree Bicentennial Gardens, which up till now have been tucked away and underutilised on a peninsula between Browns Creek and the Manning River.
Presumably the path will eventually be continued east to the proposed future redevelopment of the old Peeress Butter Factory site fronting the Manning River. That project, which has been in the planning phase for many years, will potentially revitalise the historic Chatham Manning River front and will be known as 'Figtrees on the Manning'.
In the longer term it will also extend to Taree Recreation Centre at Chatham.
For now, the bridge gives access from Pitt and Nelson Streets west through the Taree Bicentennial Gardens.
Those who might explore a little further will find that the path through the gardens extends to a new walking cycling trail completed in December 2021 which links from under Browns Creek Bridge along the western side of Browns Creek through mangrove swamp forest and rainforest all the way to Muscio Park.
A day of protest, police, chainsaws and woodchips sees nine Morteon Bay figtrees removed from Anzac Parade at the point where the cut and cover tunnel will intersect the busy arterial road.
Although discussion apparently got heated at times, the constable I chatted to indicated no problems during the day.
Driven when new by Ron Mackenzie , who went on to sell Volvo trucks at North Wollongong and then Western Stars.
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Family : Moraceae
Central Queensland to Southern NSW.
Out in the open Ficus macrophylla has a relatively compact rounded crown but in rainforest situation it can reach an enormous size,up to 50m high and a stem diameter of up to 240cm. While it can be grown directly in the ground it often starts its life high up in the canopy gradually enmeshing the host as its roots follow the host tree to the ground.
It has glossy lustrous leaves and develops massive flanged and irregularly wide buttresses to support its huge volume in shallow, sometimes waterlogged, soils.
The fruit varies with maturity from green through orange to purple when ripe and is edible but quite dry to taste.The fruit can appear at any time but generally Feb-May.
Photographed in Sydney Botanic Gardens
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Kmart had a 20% off bikes sale. This image is taken from my perspective, standing outside the doors waiting for the shutters to be lifted at 8.30am. You can see the 20% off Bikes and Toys sign in the distance and below it were some of the $80 mens and ladies bikes.
Kmart, Figtree (near Wollongong City) NSW Australia
Our friends Massimo and Federica have the most astonishingly prolific fig tree in their garden. Yum!
A day of protest, police, chainsaws and woodchips sees nine Morteon Bay figtrees removed from Anzac Parade at the point where the cut and cover tunnel will intersect the busy arterial road.
Although discussion apparently got heated at times, the constable I chatted to indicated no problems during the day.
A day of protest, police, chainsaws and woodchips sees nine Morteon Bay figtrees removed from Anzac Parade at the point where the cut and cover tunnel will intersect the busy arterial road.
Although discussion apparently got heated at times, the constable I chatted to indicated no problems during the day.
A day of protest, police, chainsaws and woodchips sees nine Morteon Bay figtrees removed from Anzac Parade at the point where the cut and cover tunnel will intersect the busy arterial road.
Although discussion apparently got heated at times, the constable I chatted to indicated no problems during the day.
These large and colourful doves often come and forage for figs in our tree, making their presence known with their deep, resonant "wollack-a-woo" call.
This one is a part of the nominate subspecies (P.m.magnificus), which is different from its northern cousins by its much larger size, growing to 45cm long. The nominate race is only found in sub-tropical forests from southern NSW to southern Queensland, and only feeds on fig and white cedar fruits, in comparison to the northern populations which have access to many different rainforest fruits. This specialized diet has lead to this populations decline, and it is now listed as Threatened in NSW.
(Millbank, NSW)
Kasongan, Kabupaten Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Ficus lyrata Warb. Moraceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Biola cantik, Ketapang brazil, Kimunding, Arabiola], Banjo fig, Fiddle-leaf fig, Lyre-leaf figtree. Native to West-Central Tropical Africa (Cameroon, Gabon) and West Tropical Africa (Benin, Cote D'Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo); elsewhere naturalized or cultivated.. A strangler fig species. It can also grow as a free-standing tree on its own, growing up to 12–15 m tall. The leaves are variable in shape, but often with a broad apex and narrow middle, resembling a lyre or fiddle. A popular ornamental tree in subtropical and tropical gardens, and is also grown as a houseplant in temperate areas .
Synonym(s):
Ficus pandurata Sander [Illegitimate]
Ref. and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2811182
It looks a bit spooky except it's in a park right at the edge of the Sydney CBD. You couldn't be closer to civilisation.
The famous fig tree of Santa Barbara CA. From Wikipedia: Santa Barbara's Moreton Bay Fig Tree is believed to be the largest Ficus macrophylla in the country. The Moreton Bay fig tree came to Santa Barbara via ship from the Moreton Bay region of eastern Australia.
Photo taken with my iPhone and processed with CameraBag app.
Title: Figtree ferry wharf at Hunters Hill (NSW)
Dated: c. 31/12/1908
Digital ID: 18526_a024_000032
Rights: No known copyright restrictions www.records.nsw.gov.au/about-us/rights-and-permissions
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