Wonderful Wednesday

Amidst all the disturbing news reports today, I think we need some distractions when we open our computers, so here is my distraction.

On a beautiful autumn day in May last year we visited the Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens, which covers 100 hectares.  We had visited the Gardens quite a few years before, probably 20 years ago,  but many changes have taken place there and we were excited to see how the gardens had changed.

It would have been good to go again this year, but of course this was not possible in May 2020 due to CV.  The gardens are now open again so we will go there soon, but it will be different as the autumn colours will be gone and probably the trees will be bare.  This will be another post sometime soon this winter.

The Gardens have some wide open areas where children can play 

There are many good pathways through the Gardens

Some areas for picnics

There are also planted gardens with the plants named for reference

We spent a few hours walking some of the paths, but we couldn't do as much as we would have liked due to sore feet, aching back etc. so we reluctantly headed back to the car.

The radio towers on Mt Lofty

Carminow House

The house was built in Scottish baronial style as a summer house by the Scottish migrant Sir Thomas Elder in 1885. Now a feature in Mt Lofty Botanical Park, the two-storey house features a square tower and a turret, extensive crenellation, and blind arches.

Carminow Castle Mount Lofty 1934 (Image Courtesy State Library SA

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