One of the great joys of my early- morning walks in spring is to go along Marius St past the Conservatorium of Music to see the magnificent jacaranda tree at the rear of St Nicholas Church, covered in beautiful mauve blossoms.
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This, combined with the golden flowers of the native frangipanis on the footpath and the church as a backdrop, is a visual delight.
A few weeks later the footpath is covered in a carpet of mauve and gold blossoms.
Sadly on the morning of September 8, I noticed that the jacaranda tree has been cut down.
How disappointing!
I have a large jacaranda tree in my backyard and it, from time to time, sheds small limbs but never large enough to cause any damage.
I would be interested to know why the decision was made to remove the jacaranda tree at St Nicholas’. Are the frangipanis the next to go?
I wonder why the parishioners of St Nicholas think of the removal of the tree?
A am a volunteer at a local museum and in my experience the initial favourable comments that visitors make about Tamworth are that our streets are so wide and that we have so many beautiful trees throughout the city.
I am greatly concerned that we appear to be losing so many of our significant trees.
Rodney Hobbs
Tamworth
