Autumn in Gundagai, NSW

Autumn leaves at the Dog on the Tuckerbox, Gundagai, NSW

Autumn leaves at the Dog on the Tuckerbox, Gundagai, NSW

This photo was taken on our trip to Sydney earlier this year. We stopped for a cuppa at the famous Dog on the Tuckerbox memorial near Gundagai. I couldn’t resist taking a photo of the beautiful autumn leaves against a clear blue sky. I’ll show more photos like this in the coming days.

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Flowers in a friend’s garden part 2

Flowers in a friend's garden

Flowers in a friend's garden

Yesterday I shared with you some photos of beautiful Australian plants. These photos were taken in a friend’s garden in the Adelaide Hills. Like us, our friends enjoy looking at and growing plants found here in Australia. From this small selection you can see that our plants have very attractive flowers.

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Flowers in a friend's garden

Flowers in a friend's garden

Flowers in a friend's garden

Flowers in a friend's garden

Flowers in a friend’s garden

Flowers in a friend's garden

Flowers in a friend's garden

Last year we went to visit friends of ours in the Adelaide Hills. Like us, they are keen growers of Australian native plants. We had a lovely lunch with them before heading out into the garden to look at their collection of plants. While my wife collected cuttings (so she could propagate them) I was busy with my camera. I’ll show some of the photos taken over the next few days.

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Flowers in a friend's garden

Flowers in a friend's garden

Flowers in a friend's garden

Flowers in a friend's garden

Flowers in a friend's garden

Flowers in a friend's garden

Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

My wife and I enjoy visiting botanic gardens whenever we travel. On an interstate holiday recently we visited all the major and few minor botanic gardens along the route. In fact, I especially chose the route to include as many as we could see in the three weeks we were away.

My wife enjoys looking at the plants, especially the native Australian plants. I enjoy looking for the bird life and botanic gardens with their abundant plant communities are ideal for this. I also love taking photos of the spectacular plants in flower.

Yesterday I shared a few photos taken on a recent trip to one of our nearest gardens, the Adelaide Botanic Gardens here in South Australia. They are about a fifteen minute stroll from the CBD of our capital city. Today I share a few more photos taken there last spring.

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Late last year we attended a special food fair in Norwood in suburban Adelaide. After sampling the various wonderful Chinese and southeast Asian food on offer we decided to visit the Adelaide Botanic Gardens for an hour or so. It was a sunny spring afternoon and just right for some photography. I thought I’d share some of my photos today and over the next few days.

I would have liked to have taken more photos but the batteries in my camera went flat. When I went to replace them I found that the spare batteries were also flat. You have days like that! It forced me to relax and enjoy the beautiful environment.

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, South Australia