Afternoon at Mount Wilson


It was cold, and with showers threatening on the coast, we decided to go to the higher grounds of  Mt Wilson. With 5C degrees and some misty showers we had the place almost to ourselves.



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The place was packed, we were lucky to get a spot.

Sassafras trees on the 'Cathedral of Ferns'
walk.

Lynn with tree fern.

Tree fern trunk with climbing ferns.

Taking photo of the 'Giant Tree'. Luckily he wasn't at home.

The 'Giant Tree' was struck by lightning in 2008.

Eastern Yellow Robin in typical pose on
side of tree looking for food to pounce on.

Coral fern.

Gateway to little church.

Church

Church garden.

Just about right.

Rhododendron flowers in church garden.

Helleborus flower in church garden.

 A host of golden daffodils............

Come on in.

We could find care, so we had to go by ourselves.

Drumsticks flowers  (Isopogon)

Not all the colours were the property of the flowers.



Coffee stop before leaving for home.

Andrew & Zane Leave For Europe

Andrew and Zane on there way to Latvia to visit Zane's parents, and then Andrew is off to London to visit mates and friends in London. 

Lynn and I went of to Italy.....oh well it was only the Gaiarine Gardens in Botany but it had an Italian feel about it. Then we went to the Pleasure Gardens in the Joseph Banks Garden, also in Botany.



Joseph Banks inspecting a Banksia.




Pandanus



 Then we went in the big boat trailer/car park near the end of the runway to wait for kids plane to take off.

Could have been a terrorist, he had a canon.

They made it.

Winterlight - Parramatta

 Sara and Wayne cut the light fantastic on the skating ring at Parramatta's new mid-winter festival . This was Sara's first attempt at skating and she still has all fingers.



St Johns Church

St Johns Church



Hints from an expert.



Sill smiling at the end.