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Cassia, Bangkok Rose, Frangipani Flowering in Townsville in December/January

Tuesday in Townsville

January 1, 2013 By Jan Robinson 4 Comments

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When the weather is hot and humid in Townsville I sometimes feel like wilting.  The trees however have a different viewpoint.

The Cassia Trees are so bright and tenacious, their yellow flowers are sunshine personified, lasting for weeks and weeks.  They grow in parkland, private gardens and in abandoned areas where they get no water.

The frangipani come in a surprising amount of colours and grow everywhere.  In North Ward near the Strand and Ocean they line the footpaths.

The flowers of the Bangkok Rose might look like they need a drink, but that is just a facade.

Cassia, Bangkok Rose, Frangipani Flowering in Townsville in December/January

The Poinciana Tree has controlled my destiny.  After travelling in Europe for a year in our Twenties, B.H. and I settled in Perth.  On a trip back to Townsville one Christmas as our plane flew low over the suburbs, all I could see was green (it must have rained) and hundreds of Poinciana trees in bloom, and thought “who would not want to live in this beautiful place”.  The Poinciana was directly responsible for us packing our campervan and heading home for good.

Poinciana Tree - A Destiny Maker

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Jan Robinson writes about travel on her Budget Travel Talk blog. A solo traveller in her teens, for the last 40 years Jan has travelled through Australia, Asia, Europe, Turkey and New Zealand with her husband. They specialise in road trips, caravanning and Independent travel without spending a fortune. Her favourite destination is Turkey and she is currently dreaming of Myanmar and Mexico.

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  1. jenny@atasteoftravel

    January 1, 2013 at 9:48 am

    A great start to 2013…My favourites are the frangipani flowers.

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    • Jan

      January 1, 2013 at 10:03 am

      I agree they are stunning, and a double whammy when the fragrance hits you on a warm summer’s night.

      Reply
  2. Danielle

    January 1, 2013 at 7:08 pm

    Frangipanis always make me think of my beautiful grandmother, that passed away this year. She had a tree in her front yard and I would sit in its branches, enveloped by the beautiful fragrance.

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    • Jan

      January 1, 2013 at 8:46 pm

      What a lovely way to remember your Grandmother Danielle. I associate my Grandmother with Purple Bouganvillea. She had acreage in the semi-country outside of Townsville where she had a herd of milking goats. The land was fairly poor country but the Bouganvillea thrived on neglect. So much so that it ended up being more of a tree with a thick trunk, rather than a creeper, unfortunately no frangrance like the Frangipani. I guess there are lots of them in Cairns.

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