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Photos of Pangarinda Arboretum, Wellington, South Australia
No Comments »30th November, 2011; Category: Australia, Botanic Gardens, Parks and Gardens, Photos, Picnics, South Australia
Our lunch spot at Pangarinda Arboretum, Wellington, South Australia
One of our favourite places to visit near our home is the Pangarinda Arboretum at Wellington near the Murray River in South Australia. It is about a half hour drive from home. The arboretum is a vast collection of Australian native plants, many of them displaying spectacular flowers. Over the coming days I will be showcasing some of those plants and flowers on this site.
Pangarinda Arboretum, Wellington, South Australia
Pangarinda Arboretum, Wellington, South Australia
Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia part 3
No Comments »21st November, 2011; Category: Adelaide, Botanic Gardens, Parks and Gardens, Picnics, South Australia
Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia part 2
No Comments »18th November, 2011; Category: Adelaide, Botanic Gardens, Parks and Gardens, Picnics, Plants, South Australia
Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, has been deliberately planned with parks and gardens surrounding the CBD. Botanic Park is one such park and is located between Adelaide Zoo and Adelaide Botanic Gardens. The Bicentennial Conservatory is just a five minute walk from where I took these photos.
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Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia
No Comments »14th November, 2011; Category: Adelaide, Botanic Gardens, Parks and Gardens, Picnics, South Australia
Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia
At the end of August we took our daughter to Adelaide Airport. She was on her way to teach for the rest of the year in Ethiopia. After seeing her off we drove to Botanic Park near the CBD of Adelaide. Here we had a picnic lunch before driving back home.
Adelaide’s park-lands are a feature of this beautifully planned city. The main park-lands, of which this is just one section, surround the CBD and separate it from the suburbs. It’s certainly a wonderful place to picnic and spend some time relaxing.
Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Mallee country near Mildura
Typical mallee country between Balranald and Mildura
Sydney Trip June 2011
On the second day of our trip home from Sydney earlier this year we stopped at the Malleefowl Rest Area. This is part way between Balranald in far western New South Wales and Mildura in north western Victoria. We were heading to Mildura where we had a cabin booked in one of the caravan parks for the night.
The rest area is set just off the highway in the midst of typical mallee country complete with saltbush, bluebush and spinifex. This open eucalypt scrubland is widespread in these parts of Australia, as well as large tracts of South Australia and Western Australia. I have a strong affinity with this type of bushland because the farm house I grew up on was set in the midst of some mallee scrub. And for the last twenty eight years I’ve had my own piece of mallee bush to live in.
Typical mallee country between Balranald and Mildura
Typical mallee country between Balranald and Mildura