Another good nights sleep and we checked out the rear garden , to find the rhododendron is starting to flower , a couple of warmer days and everything is bursting into life after a damp winter/ spring .
A pink rose with a beautiful scent .
And the biggest flowers .
Overnight rain settling on the leaves of this plant .
And this little dianthus going nuts with flowers .
There's also a beautiful Japanese Maple outside the front door .
The 3 of us ventured out to Newlands Corner , a popular walking area , with tracks around the hills , and a car park capable of holding over 100 cars . There's also a cafe . Views over the surrounding area reminded us very much of areas around Moss Vale , Exeter , Bundanoon & Burrawang in NSW , and everything is so green !!
Some of the roads are interesting ?? one lane blocked , so you have to stop & give way to approaching vehicles - guess it's a way of slowing down traffic , just like all the speed humps around the place - someone must have had shares in bitumen companies 😂
Everyone seems to be reasonably patient when driving , giving way to vehicles entering , and when confronting these lane blockages , it's not like you can speed along too much on these roads , as there's usually always traffic and very little opportunity to pass .
This is what we envisaged , narrow country lanes , with stone walls or hedges , then a village right beside the road . Oh , and no breakdown lane like in Australia .
Another pleasant day out , our sleep patterns are adapting to our new time zone , being 7 hours behind Perth & 9 hours behind Sydney .
Here's a map link :- https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=14PZLjKmdEUmhX-w6v7g0zZWOwSQywtY&usp=sharing
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