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Christmas means Poinciana Flowers

Tuesday in Townsville – Poinciana Flowers and a Happy New Year

December 31, 2013 By Jan Robinson 4 Comments

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Christmas 2013, christened The Best Christmas Yet by general family consensus, exited the stage, leaving me a few pounds chunkier and the fridge a few bottles of Sav Blanc richer, albeit with a certain odeur de crevettes.

Poinciana trees in flower are special to us.  Many years ago living the childfree existence in Western Australia, we flew 3300 km diagonally across Australia, for Christmas in Townsville.  Bowled over by the flowering Poincianas lining the streets and gardens we promptly decided to return to Townsville to live.  While we can’t credit the move entirely to the Poinciana’s tangerine flowers, they certainly were the catalyst.  It must have been our tender years that made us overlook the heat and humidity!

Christmas means Poinciana Flowers

 

Poinciana trees Love Christmas

 

Poinciana Tree in the afternoon sun

Nearly thirty years ago our garden wedding was held in Townsville in mid December. We intended the tables to be decorated with Poinciana flowers but the vagaries of the day, namely three inches of rain in one hour, banished thoughts of table decorations.  No doubt our wedding guests were too transfixed by the muddy mess underfoot to notice the flower free tables.

Wishing you a Happy New Year from Townsville.

What trees are flowering in your part of the world?

 

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About Jan Robinson

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. Bronwyn Joy

    January 2, 2014 at 3:54 pm

    Those red flowers are certainly alluring, but I’ll take the jacaranda as my first pick 😉 .

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

    Reply
    • Jan

      January 2, 2014 at 7:08 pm

      I love Jacarandas too, but they are not that common in the North. Maybe they need the cool weather to flower?

      Reply
  2. Lisa

    March 3, 2014 at 1:56 pm

    Gosh what colours! Yeah those flowers are stunning…and Yeah I hear you about the heat/humidity – I remember Mackay and how sweaty I used to get!! But I always lose weight with that type of weather because I can’t each much.
    Bugger about the rain on your wedding day, they do say that rain is good luck when getting married?

    Reply
    • Jan

      March 3, 2014 at 3:36 pm

      It is not as hot now thank goodness. Quite Breezy 🙂

      Reply

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