It’s Jacaranda season in Sydney – that time of the year when the city is gripped in smurf-like fever. You will find these beautiful trees laden with blue/purple flowers all around the Sydney CBD and it’s suburbs.
Recently, the current and former alumni of the University of Sydney mourned the collapse of 88 year old Jacaranda tree, which had been flowering in the campus since 1928. There’s a common folklore that any undergraduate who hasn’t studied when the first bloom appears on the tree, will fail the exams.
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| The 88 year old Jacaranda Tree that collapsed on 28th October (Clicked on 17th Oct) |
How very very gorgeous!
Wow Jacaranda trees take me back to a time…. of my childhood days in bangalore when there used to be this lane lined with these trees. Alas with the city growing, these trees have all done the vanishing act. Your clicks are lovely and brought back those memories.!!!
This is such a visual treat! In fact, I spotted one of these trees on my morning walk today. Its a pity to lose such an old flower-bearing tree. My memory of my visit to Sydney comprises of spotting some really exotic flowers in each courtyard of the neighborhood I lived in. It's heavenly. Lucky you!
Love the use of the term smurf fever- its brilliantly put to describe these gorgeous blooms. Loved the pic of the tree at the end; sad it toppled over. And that folklore is really crazy- is it true?