Werribee Rose Gardens

The Rose Gardens are not far from home.
This year they are open after the drought.

They have a long way to go as I am use too the Te Awamutu rose gardens.



End of another year

Well it's come to the end of another year.
This year has been a very quiet one for us, not much adventure at all.

Alamanda Estate is still a very pleasant place to be living.
I go for a walk most morning when I'm not working. Although this changes next year as church will be in the mornings.

At the back of Alamanda is the wetlands , this is an area of about 10 acres in size and is made up of a series of inter-connecting ponds.

These ponds have really come to life this year as there has been plenty of water.
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Quiet mornings in Melbourne

The morning starts with us all driving in to the city together. From the carpark, we all start to go our separate ways. But at 07:30 in the morning it can be very quiet time in the city. On peaceful morning the gallons are out, adding something special.

Time out to the Grampians

Last weekend with Melbourne cup day, Jennifer and myself took some time out.
We drove up to the Grampians only to find that most of the tracks and lookout I like going too were all closed due to the winter flooding.





The scenery was still great and it was pleasant day out, just the two of us.

Peace for us

I took this while we were in the Hanging Rock reserve.
Timers on the Camera can be handy.
As you can see, we're both getting older without losing the good looks.



Hanging Rock

This place is a nice picnic area just to the north of Mt Macedon. It has a history that goes back more then a 100 years, the rock formations are unique.







We plan to be going to Hanging Rock a lot more in the future. It's a quiet and peaceful place to go and relax.

Mount Macedon

Jennifer and I went to Mt Macedon for a break and drove up the mountain, aright it's not a big mountain  compared with world mountains but it one of the biggest in Victoria.


It was blowing a gale when we went up there. But it showed just how flat Australia.