648 The magnificent Balmoral Trees
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I have reported
before on just how unique Balmoral Beach is, for many reasons ... the close
vicinity to the city; the fact it’s a harbour beach, yet with a direct opening
to the ocean; and its cafés and restaurants. However, there is one distinctive
feature that could well have no equal anywhere … if you know of another beach
anywhere in the world like it, please contact me and send me a photo.
I am talking of course about the magnificent trees along Balmoral’s Esplanade. On this page I document
just about all of them … and the way the mottled shadow areas - created by
sunshine from a deep blue sky - are used by grateful Sydneysiders, who, I believe, come from all over the city. They often bring half their household, it seems, for a
typical Australian picnic. This, folks, is Sunday arvo at its best.
We start
just to the left of the Balmoral Bathers building, walking all along to the Balmoral Boathouse café, then past one of Sydney’s most spectacular
Moreton Bay Fig trees - with its canopy reaching to the water’s edge - all
the way to the end of the beach. There are about 30 trees, most of them Moreton Bay and Port Jackson figs; but don't miss the amazing Banyan fig tree, with its cornucopia of air roots.
