My goal for this month for #Tree Squares was to start at home in Prescott, AZ and spiral away, highlighting trees farther and farther away from my home. Australia and Greece are as far away as I ever got from home. I have no pictures digitized from Greece, but trees are ubiquitous in Australia, so no worries for me.
Becky’s only rule to participate in #TreeSquares is that at least one of your pictures must be square, and, of course, be at least tangentially related to the topic of trees.
Australia Trip #20 Lake Wendouree in Ballarat
My three week tour of Australia began when I landed at the Brisbane Airport and Carol and her husband picked me up and took me around Brisbane. The next morning Carol and I flew to Melbourne where we spent nearly five days.
The next portion of the trip begins with Carol’s sister-in-law, Mandy meeting us at the train station in Ballarat, the home of the Australian Gold Rush. She whisked us off to Lake Wendouree for lunch at Pipers and a leisurely trip around Prime Minister Avenue, the Botanical Gardens and the Memorial to the Soldiers. Australians are very respectful to their military and honor them visibly in every town.
Before we went to the Botanical Gardens, and the Memorial, Carol, Mandy, and her daughter Katie wanted to introduce me to the Prime Ministers residing on Prime Minister Avenue. The lane continued a long distance with beautiful huge trees lining both sides of the wide path.
It was hot and we had all just eaten a large lunch. We did not dally much for pictures. Mine are not taken because of the Prime Minister’s importance or accomplishments, but because of their place in line relative to when I got tired.
The Avenue continued a long ways and the trees far out weighed the visitors that day in terms of size and number.
This is a tiny prequel to PPAC coming up on Friday. No Prime Ministers are harmed either in this post nor will they be present in the post to come.
Hope you all have a good rest of the week. I have to run. The day’s Prescott monsoon has vociferously threatened my computing. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
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32 responses to “#TreeSquare 29: Prime Minister Avenue in Lake Wendouree Park”
Oh my goodness, Ballarat. One of my besties lived on the shores of the lake – although when I last visited the lake was almost empty…
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How sad that the lake was nearly empty. I hope it has filled up since. It was so lovely. These pictures were taken in January, 2017.
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I was last there a few years before that. The friend that lived there went to France for a few years straight after.
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My son’s first wife was from France. They were married there. It was quite an interesting place to visit as well. It was a little more difficult than in AU, but only a little. I needed an interpreter in both places. 🙂
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Lol re the interpreter…
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that sounds like a wonderful trip; loved seeing the Black Swans. I’m sure even with three weeks in Oz, there is still a lot left to see…
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How true is that? It’s not like we can hop on a plane and go back, is it?
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with such a long flight, I guess you have to take full advantage of your time in Australia; no rest days 🙂
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I had a very unusual vacation. We traveled for about a week and a half. The last part of the trip was staying her her home, making short day trips, meeting friends, blogging and doing regular Australia things. I didn’t have a car, and had no desire to rent one and go off on my own. So I had plenty of time to rest, too. I told Carol it was like entertaining her mother-in-law. I didn’t require too much, but I was just there. I can never repay them for treating me just like family and putting up with me for such a long time. I had never stayed with anyone that long before, nor have I since. But it was a long trip and I was by myself. Most unique and amazing trip ever.
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I think that’s the best way to learn about a country – to live with and as a local. Does Carol have plans to visit you in AZ?
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She won’t be coming until COVID is all clear and right now that is not looking too positive. She came to the Grand Canyon two weeks after she left us in 2020. They went back to Vegas and drove from there to the Grand Canyon. There is so much more to see here, but this is the iconic must-see if you are not from here. That’s a long answer for I don’t know. I hope so. 🙂
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COVID has thrown off a lot of people’s travel plans. Hopefully, those plans can be reinstated at some point…
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Yes, that would be good.
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how wonderful to have such great hosts guiding you round, and you had me giggling away as you took us down the avenue!
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My hostesses were delightful. I can’t thank them enough. They took their job of educating me about everything Australian very seriously, and I came out much more knowledgeable than had I gone on some kind of three week tour. How else would I have known that most well-built homes have a drying room inside because rarely use dryers. I had the privilege of staying in their homes. I felt so honored.
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You were so lucky 🙂
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I was! They spoiled me 100%.
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\just shows how lovely you are too xx
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Awwww. 🙂
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This area around the lake is so beautiful and we go there every time we visit Ballarat. Happy memories!
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It is a great place to visit. We could have spent many more days there and never run out of things to explore. Fun times and delicious pumpkins. I have pictures of those delectable treats for other posts. 🙂 I took at least six pictures of the pavlova. I’ve used those treats in several posts.
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I have not been to Australia, only New Zealand. This prime minister avenue looks very interesting and pretty.
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It was a wonderful walk. I didn’t remember much about the prime ministers themselves, but the entire park is gorgeous. What impressed me is how respectful people are of their leaders and their soldiers even if they don’t agree with the leaders.
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Thank you for this virtual tour in Australia, Marsha. Although I’ve been to Australia 2x before, both trips were quite short (one was for work) and I’m desperate to get back there again. Next time for hopefully a bit longer!
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Take me with you….PLEASE!!!! 🙂
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Lovely images of beautiful trees.
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Thank you so much. 🙂
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Glad you liked hat bit of Australia Marsha 🙂 🙂
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It was lovely, Brian.
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What a fabulous avenue of trees!
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Aren’t they something?
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