Thursday, November 9, 2017

Castlemaine Botanic Gardens

Weeping elm planted in the 1870s at the front gate:

Lake Joanna:

A sea of nepeta, humming with bees:

A pair of Australian wood ducks (Chenonetta jubata) with their ten ducklings:
Enjoying the shade on a warm day.

1 comment:

Jeanette said...

What great foresight they had to use the wealth of the goldrush to lay out such beautiful gardens.