There were a variety of lakes there, large and small. Some just had one colour of water plants and others had a variety. This is the last of this series. Make a note to visit this beautiful garden at the end of the year or early next year, if you’re in the area. They also…
Category: Victoria
The birds at Blue Lotus Water Garden
The birds were mostly elusive but there were some that came out to play. Some of the photography group that went with me got a lot more images of birds but here are some I saw whilst visiting there. This is Freddie, as named by the owners of the garden. He’s a regular visitor there,…
The Lotus Pod
The Lotus Pod has been used for medicinal purposes, flower arrangements, the seeds are edible and the stamens can be dried and used for making tea. I had no idea you could do all those things with the Lotus. Not to be mistaken with the water lily which is quite different
The bridges at Blue Lotus
There was an interesting array of bridges across the various lakes at the Blue Lotus Water Garden. This one led across the longest stretch of water. Red is a colour they use a lot and I found the blue posts an interesting choice combination. And a place to sit and just enjoy the environment.
The Lotus and Water Lily
I went on a recent photo walk with a group of photographers to the Blue Lotus Water Garden, near Yarra Junction in Victoria, Australia. They are only open 3 months of the year, from Boxing Day to the first week of April. My husband and I first discovered this garden in January after seeing an…
Australian landscapes
My husband and I visited our daughter and her husband in Wangaratta on the weekend. They’re around 3 hours north of us, in countryside that is very different to ours. Where we live there are hills and mountains and rainforests but where they live it’s flat, with floodplains, wide sweeping landscapes, some bushland, lots of…
Wilson Botanical Park
I went to a ‘new’ park late last week with a friend from the Bird Forum that I belonged to. I had no idea this park existed. Unlike Lysterfield, the park is very much a designer park with lawns and man made lakes and paths. It also has a bird hide. It is really lovely…
Misty mornings
I love those misty mornings with a promise of a beautiful Autumn day. I’d heard someone had seen a number of photographers lined up along Lysterfield Road to capture the sunrise so thought that since I had to drop my husband off early to the train station in Belgrave, and I had a business meeting…
A visit to Mansfield
I went with my youngest daughter and some of her husband’s family to visit a bush market a couple of hours away into the country. I went purely to see what I might get pics of but apart from the market and crowds there, there wasn’t a massive lot of interest for photography. There was…
Misty mornings
I went to a business breakfast last Tuesday and across the road was a lake. I sat and watched the mist rising from the lake and hoped some would still be there after the meeting had finished. Of course my camera was with me!
Walking a path
This is the path I was walking when I came across the family of kangaroos. I just love the Australian countryside – the gum trees have such character and all quite different. P.S. Like these photos? You can purchase a high resolution copy for download, or a print copy at http://australianphotos.ifp3.com
Bendigo MTB Endurance Race
Out on the track. I moved around to get different shots and angles of the riders as they rode past.