Saturday, November 30, 2019
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Reflections in Walkerville - Vale
A link to the past on this fallen tombstone
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| George Brock Mardon died on this day in 1885 |
Walkerville is the smallest of our Local Councils and has managed to retain many links to its past history. There was a time when new additions to buildings had to be a totally different architectural style to the existing building.
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| Saint Andrews Anglican Church |
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| Old Municipal building and Library |
From a time when you lived alongside your retail business
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| The modern take on residing alongside retail premises |
A spot to reflect on moving times
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| A wonderful old wisteria arch in the Wesleyan Cemetery |
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
The green and affluent suburb of Walkerville just 4 km from the Adelaide CBD by Robin
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| From the beauty of nature. Jacaranda mimosifolia abound in green Walkerville. |
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| To the ugliness of man. |
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| And the old.The Historic Wesleyan Cemetery. |
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| It may be affluent but not everyone can afford a new car |
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| Or it seems a new home either. This quaint Cornish double-gabled cottage was built by John Walton in 1854 |
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| Highway to Heaven. The old Highway's building is now a swish hotel |
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| And talking of heaven. The historic St Andrews Church |
Saturday, October 26, 2019
International Rose Garden by Robin
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| Rosa 'Cliff Richard' |
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| Sir Cliff Richard - Floribunda Bush Rose |
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| Planted by Sir Cliff Richard on 12 January 2004 |
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| Mr Lincoln Rose named after Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA |
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| Mister Lincoln is one of the world’s most popular red Hybrid Tea roses |
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| Queen Adelaide is a Hybrid Tea Rose with the form of an old-fashioned rose because of it's swirling mass of highly fragrant petals |
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| Anne Harkness Floribunda Rose |
