Wombat Gully

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After a morning of office work on a computer and playing music for a funeral, it was time for a pleasant lunch and a walk through Wombat Gully Plant Nursery. Though it was raining slightly and they gave us umbrellas it wasn't suitable for much sketching, only in a fern area. On a sunny day we can go back for more coffee, spinach and cheese rolls with tomato chutney, scones with cream and jam, etc. and buy some of the wonderful plants. Lately our household has got seriously into gardening, buying lots of packets of seeds, and trays of seedlings from Wombat Gully. I'd love to be let loose with $500 here - better than buying clothes and shoes!
Wombat Gully in Geelong have a website which is here.
It's located on the edge of town at 201 Townsend Rd Moolap.

(later) - Adding a bit of colour to the sketches - just pencils and a couple of feltpens. I noticed that the ferns at the nursery were much healthier than the ferns at the Geelong Botanical Gardens. Perhaps it's the protected environment and not just depending upon rain.

Raining on our picnic

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It was amazing to see rain falling down, quite heavily, during our women's picnic at the Geelong Botanical Gardens today. Yesterday was dust and strong wind, but today it's cool! I took my camera to look for shapes, textures and patterns in the fern gully, which is very green, so they must have had recycled water during the drought. (Click on pictures to see larger.)Our church fellowship women usually take our chairs and lunch and sit under a giant tree, but this time we had to run to the umbrella covered tables and chairs near the tea-room. Rain is so unusual these days. Let's hope it will put out the fires that are still burning in at least four places in Victoria.