Day 11, Thursday February 25, 2010

Lou unloading vegetables from Dolly the Citroen delivery van

View of tip of Mornington Peninsula from Arthur's Seat. Bass Strait on the left, Port Phillip Bay on the right. Overlooking Rosebud, Tootgarook, Rye, Blairgowrie, Sorrento and Portsea.

One of William Ricketts' sculptures in the stone wall at Seawinds gardens, Arther's Seat St. Park

Anne resting on the gates on the Two Bays Walking Track

Linda drove with Lou in Dolly the Citroen van to the Boundary Road garden where they cleaned up the trial garden in anticipation of the arrival of a film crew from Garden Australia. Linda ate her lunch in the shade of a tree and waited for Rex to finish picking beans. Then Rex drove Linda back to Heronwood to meet up with Anne.

Meanwhile Anne had a lazy morning eating breakfast on the veranda, visiting with Clive and finishing her book on a bench in the gardens. A lazy lunch under the Morton Fig Tree in the back garden completed her morning and she was just bringing in her dishes when Rex and Linda arrived ready to drive up to Arther's Seat State Park.

Anne changed into hiking boots and joined them, stopping on the drive up at Murray's lookout for fabulous views of the bay. Rex dropped us off at Arther's Seat lookout and arranged to meet again at Seawinds in an hour. Anne showed Linda around the top of the mountain and took the paths to view the indigenous gardens, the lookouts, the rock Cairn, and Rickett's sculpture wall. The parkland was almost empty of visitors and so beautiful and restful to wander the acreage.

We met Rex as planned but instead of the offered ride back down the mountain Linda decided to walk it. Such a beautiful sunny 80 degree day with gorgeous views of the Bay and peninsula all the way back down the 800+ ft elevation drop to Heronswood. After a wander through the gardens, we reheated the leftover pizza and opened the last of our Redhill beer. Supper on the veranda hit the spot. The rest of the evening was spent in picking up the house in expectation of the Governor of Victoria's visit tomorrow, catching up on e-mails and the blog.