Each month, during term time, we meet at an agreed location to spend an hour or so taking photographs followed by morning coffee at a nearby coffee shop. Members of the group are encouraged, but not obliged, to post a selection of their "shots" on the blog each month.
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Park 17, Carriageway Park/Tuthangga - Vale
Elm Carriageway
This impressive avenue of trees was planted in 1870's by William O'Brien (City Gardener 1861-1874).
"The Elm Carriageway" survives as a symbol of the first landscape plan for the Park Lands
It was originally know as Park 17.
The "Elm Beetle" causes the holes in the leaves, this happens to mature trees under stress from lack of adequate rainfall.
Eucalyptus sideroxylon the red iron bark is coping with the dry conditions much better