Balmoral Sydney residents outraged as 9 historic fig timber are found drilled and poisoned in ‘canine act’

Nine iconic fig timber at considered one of Australia’s most scenic metropolis seashores have been drilled and poisoned.

Desperate efforts are actually underway to avoid wasting the historic Port Jackson fig timber, some greater than 100 years old, that overlook Sydney‘s Balmoral Beach.

The timber which now have holes bored into their roots are positioned between Lower Almora St and Esther Rd on The Esplanade, with one resident reporting they noticed somebody drilling into the majestic giants on Monday morning.

Anna Usher, who runs the web site Mosman Collective, expressed the ideas of many seething native residents when she referred to as the poisoning a ‘dog act’.

‘It is essentially the most appalling case of tree vandalism we’ve ever encountered,’ Ms Usher informed Sydney radio station 2GB on Friday. 

‘They are iconic and they’re a part of what makes Mosman so particular.’ 

Mosman Council confirmed the poisoning and has been treating the timber by ‘washing out’ the drill holes and making use of Seasol feriliser across the roots, with the timber to be monitored for any indicators of ailing well being. 

‘At this stage, council employees are moderately assured that the timber will survive,’ a spokesperson informed Mosman Collective.

Council might be placing up indicators interesting for any details about the poisoning. 

The resident who believed they noticed somebody doing the drilling reported it to council on Monday.

NSW Police informed Daily Mail Australia on Friday that officers from the North Shore Police Area Command have been notified of the incident on Monday ‘and are liaising with native council’. 

Residents have been left to invest what the motive for the poisoning would possibly by on the Mosman Collective’s social media pages.

‘OMG what an terrible and egocentric factor to do,’ one person stated.

 ‘I’d be whoever has lodged complaints with Council concerning the timber.’

‘I reckon it is the bats they need to do away with,’ stated anotherc, referring to the flying-foxes that make the timber their home.

‘Sounds just like the timber are blocking somebody’s view,’ one other remark reads.