Day 359 - local mural

These are a series of paintings along the side of the bank's brick wall in our Main St. They depict the story of how the mountain's tall straight trees were used to replace the broken masts of sailing ships in days gone by. The road leading to these forests of tall gums is today called"Mastgully" Road.

Day 358 - the heat is on

Cooling off in our kind neighbours' beautiful pool



A wilting garden in temperatures reaching into the fiery 40's

Day 357 - Warburton Visit

Mother and babe


Manu in the bath - original pic was the right way up but blogger has upended the baby!


jars of freshly harvested honey


Capturing the filtered honey


Baya by the honey drum


Damien scraping honey from the beeswax



Ishaa working with felt

Day 356 - home via airport and the Burnely Tunnel

The old car is a permanent fixture in Daylesford, always parked in the same 2 hour parking space in the city centre. There's the plane that took mum safely to Brisbane and the cityscape seen from the Monash Freeway.The Domain Tunnel looks rather interesting from these angles.Home now but a relaxing and delightful holiday.

Day 355 - Last day of our holiday

A rather hot day so we took it easy. Pics today show our pizza dinner at Koukla's and later at The Boite concert in the townhall.Home tomorrow, via the airport as mum is off to Brisbane.

Day 354 - 7th January, my sister's birthday

I have 3 brothers but only one sister and while she is a whole 10 years younger than me, the years have narrowed that gap. We've shared this Daylesford holiday for a few years now and it is a treasured time of the year. I went for an early evening walk today and snapped these shots.



The Convent Gallery



Scenic countryside surrounding the town.


One of the many churches of various denominations to be found around the township


The old Daylesford Courthouse at the top of our street - we've always thought of it as a face.

Day 353 another day of our holiday

Lunch at Chowder house, Hepburn Springs - a delicious experience surrounded by icons of the 50's and 60's plus a much loved puzzle game. Later on to the Tangled Maze just outside Creswick where my nieces raced through the challenging puzzles and complicated hedge mazes while their bemused aunt and mother trudged along slowly behind. In the cool of the evening we enjoyed an alfresco BBQ prepared by Nick.