My path home was blocked by one of the familiar signs saying ‘Footpath closed. Use other side’. I should be used to these, but I always feel resentful at having to detour once again. The riverbank was cordoned off because they were removing a huge poplar.
Tree trunk in the middle of the road
Just the stump was left
A workman told me three poplars on the Cresecent are to come down, because they are rotten. Yet more of my ‘anchor points’ eliminated.
These trees have been there for eighty years. It’s seems so unfair that they now have to go. I’m angry and sad.
“I dearly wish these trees could stay
beside the path I walk each day.”
Ruth's Reflections 
I don’t suppose they will be replaced with poplars. 😦
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We can hope! I guess it all depends on what’s planned for this part of the River Park.
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I hate when grand trees come down.
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It’s always sad, and especially when so many building have come down too.
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I have seen examples of, with a bit of clever workmanship with a chainsaw, the stump is turned into a riverside seat. It would make a nice place to sit and relax, watching the river flow by.
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This afternoon I found that four trees have gone, and the stumps are now too low to be carved into seats 😦
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I have expressed much sadness lately, with the increase in demolitions in my neighbourhood, about the loss of mature trees. I don’t believe there has been much recognition of this aspect of the procovery. On many occasions I’m not convinced their removal has been essential, but another form of the gung-ho demolition mood of the City.
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Sometimes they leave trees that are on the boundary, but it seems that anything else just gets bowled.
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I saw a huge tree being cut down on North Parade yesterday. It was on the banks of the Dudley Creek . Anything identified as impeding the flow of the Dudley Creek has been removed God Damn the Dudley Creek. How could such a tiny stream cause so much havoc and destruction!!!
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I just hope that removing the tree actually makes a difference.
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