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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.
Osborn Prolific
Syn; Osbrone's Prolific, Neveralla, Archipe, Hardy Prolific, Osborn, Rust, Osborne
Origin; Unknown as of now
Figs, (Ficus carina) which grow wild from Syria to Afghanistan, seen thriving on Steep Hill, Lincoln.
Beanblossom Masonic Lodge in Helmsburg, Indiana. It was active from 1875 to 1932, when the area Masons moved to Nashville Lodge #135, in Nashville, Indiana, not far away. Here is the source for that. The canopy over the entrance says Figtree Gallery & Coffee Shop, which is described here. The material inside the windows doesn't suggest operation, and it was clearly not working when I drove by on a Saturday, but maybe it's a weekday operation.
Als peus dels Mallos de Riglos, una merla es refugia en la figuera
A los pies de los Mallos de Riglos, un mirlo se refugia en la higuera
Au pied de la Mallos de Riglos, un merle se réfugie dans la figuier.
At the foot of the Mallos de Riglos, a blackbird takes refuge in the fig tree
A flower in an unlikely place: halfway up a fig tree. This photo was taken in my husband's aunt's garden in Leptokarya.
You'll note that while speakers were quick to promote these Save Our Figs activists were "chained to the figs", none of them actually were chained to the trees themselves. These were the only 2 (of 14) figs with activists around (and in) them before the lopping began.
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I used this photo on a post on supereco about the 'iphorest' application for iphone.
I wish the iphorest would plant fig trees. yum.
Something a little different. I have a few bird shots from these locations.
We have two local tourist destinations with two huge old fig trees. Both have walk ways around them to keep people off the actual tree roots and understory plants.
Both trees are thought to be over 500 years old. In one of the photos i managed to get a person photo bombing but it still doesn't really give a true indication of actual size.
They are heritage listed so will be protected for as long as they can remain standing. There is so much information on these two trees i was not sure what to add. I will add both of their names so they can be found with ease via google.
First three photos are of the Curtain fig tree and the others are of the Cathedral fig tree.
These Fig Trees are of the strangler fig species (Ficus virens.) Normally these figs germinate on top of another tree and try to grow roots into the ground. Once this important step is accomplished, the fig will grow vigorously, finally kill the hosting tree and then grow on independently. In the case of curtain fig the hosting tree tilted towards the next one; the fig also grows around that one. Its curtain of aerial roots drops 15 metres (49 feet) to the ground.
Although these figs kill their hosts, they are an epiphyte which basically feeds from the ground, unlike a parasitic plant which feeds from the sap of the host plant/tree.
A riun near Peya in Cyprus where we stayed one winter.I visited this mant times sketching the house and the surrounding area.I'm quite sure a villa has now been built here now and I feel my drawing were a kind of requiem for the old place.
The stone work is beautiful with smaller stones in the morter making a very pleasing appearance