Deep Creek Road, Mitcham

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Posted 2022-05-06 by Neil Follett ⇒ follow

Deep Creek Road runs off Maroondah Highway for almost one kilometre before becoming Loughnan Road after passing over Eastlink.

An unusual plant seen in one garden was a pure-white protea, the first one I had seen in any garden.

On the corner with Maroondah Highway is the large Antonio Park. It boasts a playground, bbq facilities, playground and bushland. It extends for half the distance on the west side of Deep Creek Road. Two plovers were seen in the grassy area next to the bush area.

The east side is all residential with many nice gardens. Most of the older blocks have front fences and well-established gardens, many with camellias starting to blossom. A particularly striking bush was one of white chrysanthemums – must be approaching Mother's Day.

Older gardens tend to have a good display of Australian natives, such as grevilleas, bottlebrush, gumnuts and the unusual heath banksia.

Many varieties of wattle trees are blooming, adding a pleasant splash of colour, particularly on dull days.

A highlight of this walk to me was photographing a little wattle bird in a bottlebrush bush, happily ignoring me. Other birds seen were magpies and a crow.

The bright red masses of small berries are starting to appear on cotoneaster bushes adding colour to the hues of leaves turning to autumn. A few orange berries were identified as firethorn plants.

Most of the garden ornaments I saw were in the same garden, a statue of a girl, a frog on a toad(stool) a Buddha and other eastern structures. The only garden lamp seen was on a wall and with its shadow made an interesting photo.

Several walkers were encountered, both coming and going.

No picket fences or lych gates but there was one interesting fence. A row of hanging baskets hung from a balcony and a wheelbarrow was seeing out its retirement a plant receptacle.