Glenburnie Road, Mitcham

Glenburnie Road, Mitcham

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Posted 2021-01-04 by Neil Follettfollow
Glenburnie Road is a road of two contrasts.



The section from Canterbury Road to Langford Road is narrow and undulating as it gently meanders for 600 metres. Melways street directory advises that it is unsuitable for large vehicles.



It is a well-established area with all houses on large blocks. Every front garden is a garden, hardly any lawns, but plenty of trees, flowering bushes and flowers.




As soon as you turn into Glenburnie Road from Canterbury Road, you feel you are on a drive in the country as many of the houses are not visible from the roadway.



What would normally be the nature strips, were all covered in trees, shrubs and agapanthus.



A little way in is Buckanbe Park. It is a pleasant diversion with a large pond, often home to a number of ducks.





Christmas had passed but many garden ornaments were still there.


With no footpaths, pedestrian traffic, by necessity, need to use the road, so careful progress is the way to go, although speed humps and the narrow road tend to slow all vehicular traffic.



Totally unsuitable for wheelchairs but a drive by would give a pleasant feeling. Buckanbe Park is wheelchair friendly and a small off-road car park is the only facility there.



The residents of this section of Glenburnie are proud of their little strip of paradise and many have signs opposing inappropriate development. The large blocks and older houses would be tempting to greedy developers.



My fascination with picket fences and roses were well catered for.





I saw no spoon villages but a street library looked after the reading requirements of local residents.



A Coreopsis and Day Lily bushes were an attractive sight.





A magpie almost hiding behind a tree was the only bird encountered in this section.



On reaching Langford Road, Glenburnie Road continues for another 400 metres, turning into a normal suburban street, with footpaths, nature strips, a wide paved roadway and the occasional nature strip tree. Practical perhaps, but not as interesting as the other end.



A couple of examples of 'inappropriate development' were evident with up to eight apartments being built on deep blocks.



A spotted dove was the only bird seen in this section but a bear tied to a lamp was noticed.





Dogs not being walked are more often heard rather than seen, but an unusual sight was a cat prowling around a front yard, happily with a bell attached to warn our avian friends of their presence.



Of interest were several picket fences and a modern lychgate.



With the more formal gardens, many individual flowers were evident. A single stem of a Solanum stood out as did a colourful Abelia bush.




Glenburnie Road could be described as a suburban bushwalk.

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