Sunday, December 14, 2008

Just arrived in Sydney!


Made it at last - have pulled the van in under the tree, here in the Sydney Domain, just behind Speaker's Corner. It's an old tradition with the Sydney-ites I believe, you can pull up a soap box and rant to your heart's content! Should be quiet enough at night tho. I think the tree is a big old Moreton Bay fig - there are/were plenty in the Domain but recently some had to be removed because of disease. Click on http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
then type in 'the domain new south wales' in the search box and you'll see just where The Domain is - Woolloomooloo I believe. Don't forget 'street view' - you can have a look at Sydney from ground level that way. Feeling warmer yet Keith?

1 comment:

oldphart said...

Most of the figs in the botanic gardens and the nearby domain are in fact Moreton Bay figs, planted in the 19th century:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moreton_Bay_Fig

There are also some Port Jackson figs (Ficus rubiginosa) around Sydney (usually growing wild as this is their natural range):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Jackson_Fig

The most famous Moreton Bay fig is the tree at Fig Tree, a suburb of Wollongong:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figtree,_New_South_Wales
http://www.totaltravel.com.au/travel/nsw/illawara/greatwollongong/travel-guides/Destinations/figtree