Evans Drive, Croydon

Evans Drive, Croydon

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Posted 2021-09-03 by Neil Follettfollow
Evans Drive is almost a square walk as it travels for 900 metres in all four directions, starting and ending at The Range Boulevard.


At either end, you can join the ends along with The Grange, making a 1.4 km, walk.


It is a new housing estate on the former Croydon Golf Club golf course. Many of the houses could be classed as high density, being two storeys and touching each other. They have small front yards and mostly nice landscaped gardens.


A small pink azalea bush, festooned with a myriad of bright blooms caught my attention from afar.


Almost as bright was an area of pig face and a tree full of bright red berries.




It was a nice sunny day and many were out walking or just sitting in the warm sunshine.


On the corner of Spriggs Drive is a large grassed park with a playground and an undercover BBQ and picnic area. Opposite this park is another small bush area on the corner of Millard Street, which has a path leading through to one end of Evans Drive.


Bottle brushes and red flowering gums are all starting to bloom, many as street trees. Nice foresight by the local council.


Banksias are another Australian native that is starting to appear with nice new growth on their cones.


The ubiquitous noisy miners appeared to be everywhere. One landed on a lawn very close and struck a nice pose. Another two landed to take part in a gutter smorgasbord.




Similar colourings, but different plants, were a hebe plant and a native hibiscus. Not bright colour wise but nice to look at.


An unusual garden ornament was a donkey pulling a cart and a cherub having a sleep in a shell.


The find of this walk was three sulphur-crested cockatoos on a bird feeder, a truly magnificent sight in a suburban garden.


A similar surprise was looking up at a tree I was standing under to see another cockatoo feeding in a gum tree. It was soon joined by a noisy miner, who seemed to delight in harassing cockatoos and other birds.


Daisies were plentiful in many gardens as were many stands of aloe flowering plants.




The only other bird seen was a lone crow fossicking on a lawn.


A statue of a lady standing on a lawn with a birdbath on her head was near a porch bound pot. Two different windmills were seen in gardens.




A large cement boot full of plants looked nice and an unusual looking light was hanging from a tree.


Succulents in pots and gardens are becoming very popular. They look nice, particularly when flowering and are very low maintenance.




A very nice scene was a row of cordyline plants against a background in shadow. A couple of leucadendron plants were also nice to look at.




A few bird of paradise flowers were still in bloom and a couple of tall stalks of flowers with one being on the heath genus.




I only found two flowers I couldn't identify. A white five petal bloom and a furry pink variety.




This can be a circuit walk and enjoy both sides of the street in one pass.



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