Spring

[Heather]

Irene that is simply delightful. Thanks for posting it.

I have planted the sticky wattle and the golden wattle down the driveway. Can't have much of a garden around the house due to poor soil so I decided to fence an area off and plant along the driveway. I keep adding bits and pieces as the time goes by.

Acacia Pycantha is native to our area - it is the Golden Wattle that is our national emblem. Not much of a tree really, - it is tall and thin and scraggly (grows in poor soils) but if you plant a lot together they create quite an impression. They grow beside the road between Kilmore and Broadford and on the freeway between Broadford and Seymour. I get a buzz every time I take either of those trips at this time of the year.

Thanks again Irene.

[Dave Smith]

G/Day Heather, Hey mate is this the same little meandering bubbling brook, would be fun crossing this in an old ford wagon.

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TTFN

[Heather]

The exact same Dave. Which is why the drive is a bit washed away Bob. Looks a bit different now.

It's always a flash flood though - you can watch it rise and fall. You just have to make sure you're on the right side when it happens or you are stuck! The first time it flooded I was 8 1/2 months pregnant and scared that I would not be able to get out to have my (breech) baby. It took about 1/4 of the bridge away so after the second flood we had the top concreted like a ford so that the water can flow up and over. Works a treat.

[Dave Smith]

Hey I just reread this thread and found where Maureen has said "Bob's your Uncle" I do feel for you, having him for a mate is one thing But an Uncle oh dear.

TTFN

[Heather]

Can't say I have an uncle called Bob, Dave. Must be someone else's uncle.

Heather