My garden is looking pretty good after the big storm last night.

Here is a link to a Facebook Album of recent photos.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153261668544829.1073741968.809229828&type=1&l=09b8db7493

You do not need to join Facebook - this album is fully public to everybody.

Here is a sample. My favourite Waratah flower growing just outside my front door. It is looking at its prime right now.

The styles (the pointy bits in each flower)
are now opening out well. The whole head of flowers is called a "conflorescence"
About 50% of the individual flowers are now open.
 

I owe my presence in Robertson to this Rhododendron

Magnificent Rhododendron at "Ranelagh House" (as it was).
I owe my presence in Robertson to this tree.
I remember my family visited Ranelagh House in September/October 1959 just after they moved to Canberra,
This Rhodo was in flower then, and it stuck in my mind (as an 11 year old).
All those years later, I moved to Robertson, on the basis that any place that could grow such great Rhodos was a good place for me to grow my plants too.
This one plant has influenced my life so much.
The sign now says "Fountaindale Grand Manor".