Mylor
linking with Skywatch Friday
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| Beautiful Acacia (Golden Wattle) |
The weather this week has been wonderful so we decided to drive around the hills and enjoyed the lovely drive.
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| Coopers Rural store has been in operation for around 120 years |
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| Coopers Rural and Hardware Store |
Our first stop was in Mylor, a small village, visited years ago on our way to see friends and family. We were so pleased to see that it was still an interesting little town with lots of history and old buildings.
Silver Lake
Silver Lake is now a private property so we were only able to take a photo from the street. When we were young adults in the 60's(!??) I can remember it as a recreational park and lake with tea rooms and a caravan park etc. but was closed in the late 1960's due to polluted water. In the early 1900's it was a man-made sluice dam for gold mining and was converted to a recreational area when the mine was closed.
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| The private house and lake |
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| Beautiful properties in the hills |
Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill is another small village, settled from about 1840, in the Adelaide Hills.
In 1983 the Ash Wednesday bushfires wiped out many of the buildings in and around Prospect Hill but fortunately the Post Office and General Store were saved and the Museum is housed in these buildings.
Kuitpo
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| The forest at Kuitpo |
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| Shelducks and others on a dam |
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| Lovely miniature horses |
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These sheep thought we were going to hand feed them - big disappointment!
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Golden Wattle
We had a good day out and it was made even better with seeing the golden wattle out in bloom.
HAPPY WATTLE DAY -
National Wattle Day in Australia is 1st September
Hope you have a good week.
The wattle is quite spectacular. Along with the horses (large and small), sheep, ducks, and cattle. What a shame the water got polluted and the place was closed to the public. Looks so pretty there. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Rita, yes the wattle is beautiful and I have just planted one in our front garden as we had a lovely one in our previous house and I really miss seeing the beautiful flowers and scent as well as the birds and bees etc.
DeleteThe Adelaide Hills is a beautiful area. Its a long time since we were there. The places you visited are very pretty.
ReplyDeleteOur wattle is also flowering. I love it so bright and cheery.
ReplyDeleteI love the Adelaide hills. I’ve visited twice and would love to go back again one day
Fabulous collection of photos of the countryside. But, oh, that glorious wattle!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking me on your drive, I didn't know there were so many interesting little towns in the hills. It is a perfect time of year for walking and driving with wattle out everywhere.
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