Walking along the road to John's Hill reserve.
The gardens are all so attractive.

A bit misty, but what rustic splendour.

There were any number of lovely homes.
farms and estates. A beautiful area to live in.

This horse was having a great time rolling in
mud and grass

Lunch at Clematis Station - note the mud in
the foreground

Puffing Billy about to depart from Menzies
Creek Station

There are more pictures of the gardens than
you can see on this page. Click on October to
see all the images.

This pic shows the first stage of the
Rhododendron's journey from cone to
flower

The half open Rhododendron

And then the amazing metamorphosis into the
flower

Beautiful white Rhododendron - Nature's
perfection

White Rhododendrons - Barbara pic

"I wander'd lonely as a cloud
that floats on high o'er vales and hills
when all at once I saw a crowd
a host of golden daffodils"

William Wordsworth

Needs identification - one of the plotted ones
on sale near the entrance

Need identification, please

Need help with identification, please

Looks like an Iris?

Couldn't resist this one, could I?

Beyond the upper lake near our lunch spot

Carpet of leaves near lunch spot - Barbara's
Pic

Duck chicks, aren't they cute? Thanks Jan,
for spotting them.

Layers of hills in the blue, hazy distance

Heading back to William Ricket's Sanctuary

The lower viewing platform of the Dandenong
Falls