Daylesford Snapshots

Some photos I took while down the road the other day. Don't know much about any of the buildings I'm afraid!

 The local post office, always nice to see a post office still in its original building. I found an early photo of it in the SLV collection from the late 1890s but I am guessing the post office was probably built a decade o two earlier, but I'm not really sure.

Daylesford, ca. 1897-ca. 1899, b/w ; 5.5 x 7.5 cm. approx.
Image No: b27334, State Library of Victoria

Breakfast and Beer

Cnr of Vincent St and Central Springs Rd

Roses and wire fences

I saw this garden in Daylesford. The bright colour of the roses stood out against the dry brown grass and the plain wire fence. There was something very suburban summer about it all. I often find roses an odd choice for front and centre in a garden as they spend so much of the year looking like spiky sticks. They are beautiful when they come out though, so maybe it's all worth it.


Also if you have a love for ogling other people's gardens you must visit Faux Fuchsia's blog and see the FF garden.

Daylesford Snapshot

Summer in Daylesford. Flowers everywhere. This weatherboard house caught my eye, the blue almost matched the sky, the rust red roof, even the old grey wooden fence somehow balances the view.

Wintery gardens

I am up in the wild countryside, ahem, Daylesford, this weekend and in between enjoying a small wine by the open fire and flicking through five year's worth of Country Life magazines, I have been enjoying the beauty of the wintery garden at the house in which I am staying. I always find it a shame when reviews and discussions of gardens are so focused on spring and summer, and even autumn, to the exclusion of winter. I like the different colour palette that appears in winter. Green is at its most vibrant, such a contrast in a place like Australia where summer usually means the grass if shades of brown and yellow. Also wet tree trunks reveal splashes of orange and red, and raindrops glitter hanging from leaves and twigs. Monochrome silhouettes of trees against the grey sky and the delicate patterns of lichen and moss, usually hidden beneath a clutter of foliage. Anyway, enough of this waxing lyrical I took some photos for you all to enjoy.

Daylesford Snapshots

The Rex Theatre.

Uniting Church, Central Springs Rd.

Anglican Church, Central Springs Rd.