Botanic Gardens - Canberra

Yesterday we visited the Botanic Gardens in Canberra.  Before we set off I made my first attempts to get a good 4 generations pic!!  Hard to get Scarlett to look at the camera when its on timer!!

More pics and chatting:

Got the hat... must be ready to go!!

Then we set out and once there found a nice spot to have our picnic - delicious egg sandwiches, expertly made by GG from farm fresh eggs :)

Another go at 4 generations pic in the gorgeous Canberra sunshine :)

The gardens were lovely, lots of 'stuff' in flower.  We enjoyed a lovely walk around the rainforest area and then up to 'mallee' garden, good view across the carpark to parliament house.

Lots of very showy wattles:

Several different banksias:

Beautifully scented boronia:

Ferns, ferns and more ferns in the rainforest area:

Grass trees in full swing:

The hardenbergias were going off!!

Even the spent flowers were looking arty:

Paper daisies doing a good job of hiding the rubbish bin:

Silver Princess:

Saved the name of this plant, but having looked it up since its not the right one... will have to go back!!

Even the white heath looked good :)

And Then There Were Three!!

Yesterday was the AAA Southern Region Christmas Lunch at the National Botanical Gardens in Canberra, having committed to going I was slightly worried that Tiana Rose would give birth in my absence and would need assistance.  I needn't have worried, she did give birth while I was away, but all went swimmingly seemingly.  She had a dark brown male cria, and we've called him T Rex!  The calendar says he's overdue by at least 18 days, but actually, he's slightly under cooked!!  He is a little low on his pasterns, but ears are fully upright, so not too badly premmie.

Aunty Vynka and Victor Hugo are pleased with the arrival of another playmate - good times ahead.

I knew that I'd missed the action when I came home to find the 'other' aunties all in the yards, instead of out in the 

paddock, Pearl, MidSummer and Medallion:

The lovely Pearl, a serious favourite!

Medallion and MidSummer are half sister… obviously 'neck issues' run in the family!!  LOL!!

We had a lovely time at lunch, nice food and lively conversation, and afterwards we took a stroll through a small section of the gardens.

Eddy multi tasking - providing perspective AND carrying my camera bag!!