I have always called this street a dry riverbed. But that's not right, because the street has its own name, Musician's Boulevard. This street is crossed by a few smaller streets that bear the names of famous world and Spanish composers of classical music. It's nice to walk down this street because the sidewalks are wide and flat, it almost feels like you're walking down a boulevard.
Sometimes, when we get tired of pavement and concrete, we decide to walk on that dirt road, where the river would flow - if there was so much water. But this channel is filled with water only when there is rain, to take the excess water to the sea. Then it's not a good idea to go here. You could end up in the sea too.
And then, surprise. Yesterday, I read on the board that this is actually called Green Corridor Section 0. I don't know what section zero is, and what other sections of the town's green corridor are declared. I don't know right now, but I'm sure I'll find out soon on one of my next walks. In any case, we see that we also have rules and regulations.
Dogs should be on a leash, we should not pick plants or flowers, nor disturb or touch animals. Well, I have seen just little insects and birds, but no real wild animals could be seen here. Dogs, yes, as many pet owners walk their dogs here in this dry riverbed Green Corridor.
Sorry for the shadow on the board, it is just a shadow of a tree. One of many, at least that is what you can enjoy, many different types of palm trees. For example, this one, I think would be a type of banana tree. Maybe... as the plant identification I used said it was Strelitzia, but I am sure it is not. The Sterlizia bushes are smaller, they don't have such tall stems. (but I could be wrong)
As we continue our stroll here, among the plants, we can observe also the interesting shape of the leaves, or roots or find seeds. In many palm trees, I saw their fruits, but I took just this photo. I don't know if these are edible or not, I was not that curious to try it out. Yet.
One of the trees I really liked was this Ficus tree with many aerial roots that were reaching the soil. The roots grow from the branches and the trunk and make strong formations.
These intertwined roots can form secondary trunks so the tree also has additional support. Then the tree can grow really big.
This Ficus tree already has several of these strong aerial roots that reach the soil. I wonder how big this tree will grow in the next few years or decades. Here you can see closely what these roots look like.
Although this is a quite short walk through the Green Corridor in today's edition of Wednesday Walk, still I have another interesting tree to bring. Ladies and Gentlemen, let's meet Mister Queensland Lacebark. Or in another name Brachychiton Discolor.
I spotted those brown thingies - which were the fruits - among the green leaves. I suspected they could hide seeds and it was indeed the case. Some of these follicles were lying on the ground.
I picked up one (and later two more) from the ground and saw the seeds. I could not have such a big tree at home in a pot, so I did not take any seed but left the follicle where I found it. Maybe birds also eat the seeds. Humans can consume it if roasted.
