Heading home after a week away I stopped for a few treats. In Bathurst I visited the Fossil and Mineral Museum, a splendid collection made over many years by Warren Somerville. I discovered the existence of this museum on Bruce Elder's Facebook page
which gives an interesting account of Somerville's passion.
The Cowra Rose Garden was my second treat, a dawn ramble before I drove on to Canberra. I saw it a few months ago when all the bushes were pruned and mulched: 130 varieties, more than 800 bushes, being made ready to burst into this luxuriant October bloom.
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I could almost smell those roses. You caught them at their best, and fossils fascinate me too.
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Great treats indeed, Meg! Love those roses…
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I thought you’d be a fan of fossils – although they don’t show the glories of age through decay, do they?
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No!!
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Those fossils are amazing, so clear, the ferns especially and I love the white roses. What perfect places to stop along your way, you must have been in seventh heaven!
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That Australian towns website works a bit like a hoponhopoff bus. If you’re only in a town for a brief time it directs your attention to wonders. Only trouble is he’s only halfway through his every-town-in-Australia project, and all the places near our holiday were still missing.
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Beautiful roses, I’m glad you went back to see them in bloom.
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My itinerising for that trip was totally wonky. Fortunately I checked the map before I went off gallivanting in wrong directions!
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Fascinating fossils and fabulous flowers 🙂
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And amazing alliteration!
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Must be the old ‘great minds’ thing, working overtime, Meg! Aside from playing with roses, I’ll be in a museum in my next post! 🙂 Dilly dallying! 🙂 Your roses are beautiful and are a lovely contrast to the fossils. Happy weekend!
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I’m glad you picked up on the contrast. I’m enjoying the way roses are featuring on both sides of the world. I’m looking forward to your museum dilly-dally.
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