Dubbo Reginal Botanic Gardens Day 5 of our road trip to Dubbo
Today the 5th day of our road trip to Dubbo and it is a lovely cool misty rainy day, this will be fun with all my camera gear but we are ready. Lindy and I spent 2 years planning this trip so we plan on making the most of every minute of everyday.
We had heard that the Shoyoen Japanese Gardens at Dubbo were one of the best in Australia, so we just had to put it on our To Do List. We were not disappointed
These gardens are beautifully maintained and presented, and where we were probably 2 weeks early on getting the garden at its peak flowering, the presentation and displays were stunning.
The Cherry Blossom were just starting to flower and with the maples gorgeous foliage it put on a showy display, most of it also showered the lakes with their reflections.
The landscape was great but the flowers were just stunning and the maples completed the picture
The soft colors and the perfume was heavenly
The rain is a pain when taking photos but the results of the water droplets on the flower petals is worth while
Well I have added over 1,000 flowers from these gardens so the trip was certainly worth it, but there were other little surprises for us at the gardens as well.
Our very cute little Fairy Wrens
they were having a great time in the light showers of rain flying from flower to flower and there were plenty of females there that kept the males busy the whole time we were there.
This little female was giving all the males the flick that day. She definately wasn't interested
But it was the Red Winged Parrot that was the icing on the cake for me
So this was a fabulous day, one that Lindy and I will remember for ever
We will say farewell to Dubbo tomorrow morning to start our return trip but going to Dorrigo This will be our 6th day of our road trip to Dubbo and will be my next Post.
UPDATE 24/10/2021
I will finish this post with another image of the gardens
UPDATE 24/10/2021
Happydiyhome have just updated a comprehensive guide on trees with pink flowers. It is absolutely free and you can find it here