Saturday was a beautiful day here in Sydney, although rather windy. I decided it was the perfect day for a trip into the city to visit Barangaroo Reserve, located on the edge of the harbour. See the screen shot from Google Maps below to see the location relative to the Sydney Opera House.
Barangaroo Reserve is a relatively new green space on the edge of Sydney harbour. Its location has had many uses over the years, before being turned back into green space with native Australian plants used for all the planting within the space. These uses have included hunting and fishing by the Gadigal people, the Traditional Custodians of the area and maritime and industrial uses in the 1800’s, including trade in wood and animal products. The development of the reserve was planned through the 2000’s, with the opening of the reserve occurring in 2015.
I have been here several times before. As the plants are maturing, it is looking better and better. The plants are lush and the trees are starting to get really tall, providing plentiful shade in the strong sun we get in Sydney. There are 75,000 plants within Barangaroo Reserve. Species planted come from around Sydney and include my two favourite native trees, the Sydney red gum (Angophora costata) and the Sydney blue gum (Eucalyptus saligna). Other species planted include old man’s beard (Clematis aristata) purple coral pea (Hardenbergia violacea), several different acacias and banksias, cheese tree (Glochidion ferdinandi) and a couple of different hakeas.
The reserve has pathways that can be used by people who have limited mobility, use wheelchairs or have small kids with prams. There are stairs, but you can get everywhere using paths, so the stairs are not restrictive in any way.
To get there, you can catch the metro, which takes you right there. There are also ferries that go to Barangaroo Wharf which is nearby but is a longer walk to get to the actual reserve (I’d recommend the metro, which is quick and takes you right there). It also doesn’t anything to visit, which is even better!
Walking through Barangaroo on Saturday was great. It was so peaceful, you wouldn’t think you were in the centre of Australia’s largest city. The plants were all clearly thriving and growing well, as you can see from my photos. At times, it felt like I was in the bush, even though I clearly wasn’t.
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