Friends, Mount Macedon and Forest Glade Gardens 2/10/22

We caught up with our friends Bill and Audrey and their kids Fred and Albert for the first time in a few years. They live in Melbourne, and don’t come back to Adelaide much any more, so it was good to take the time and renew the ties.

They suggested that we meet at the “Top of the Range” – a cafe at the summit of Mount Macedon. Mount Macedon was roughly between our two locations, so worked well, and we managed to get there despite the best efforts of our Garmin car navigator, which offered a “less well used” option. The cafe is obviously feeling the effects of the pandemic, and weren’t offering hot food, actual recyclable crockery or toilets, but we enjoyed our cake and cuppa out of takeaway containers before we went for a stroll to the memorial cross nearby.

The view from up here is pretty amazing and the little lizards were out sunning themselves in the beautiful day.

After having a cuppa and snack together and wandering up here we still hadn’t really had enough of each other, so we agreed to go and have a look at a garden which was open nearby. it took a bit of doing to find a park which wasn’t in a no-standing zone. Lucky we did, as the cops came past and booked them all for $185 each.

The garden covers about 14 acres of land, some of which is steeply sloping down to the creek below. It was a delight to see the different areas of the garden, amazing trees, beautiful flowers ad numerous statues. Even the kids seemed to like it OK.

Here is just a glimpse of the beauty of the place.

Then it was down into Macedon to find a cafe and have a little more to eat and chat some more before reluctantly saying goodbye. Thanks Bill and Aud for suggesting this outing location and for finding the time to catch up.