Lusher Road, Croydon

Lusher Road, Croydon

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Posted 2021-09-24 by Neil Follettfollow
Lusher Road runs for 1.1 kms north/south from Mt. Dandenong Road to the Tarralla Creek Trail.


About half of the east side is an industrial area. The west side and the remainder of the east side is a well-established area of very deep blocks.


All gardens are well established and most properties have a front fence, with many offering an escape path for flowers. Several gardens featured colourful garden beds.



Many new street trees have recently been planted in the form of red bottlebrushes, which no doubt will brighten up the street when in full flower.


Many azaleas were flowering as were many camellia bushes.


Daisies were flowering in abundance, offering an expansive view of large clumps and unique individual specimens.






Many magpies were fossicking for food on nature strips often oblivious to passing traffic and pedestrians.



One crow was very successful in its search for food. It looked like it had scored a chicken nugget as it sat upon a chimney wondering what to do with it.


Admiring flowers is one of the pleasures of street walks and Lusher Road rewards us with many. Chinese lantern flowers are always admirable as are fuchsias, clivias and geraniums.




Single isolated stems flowers often stand out, such as an iris and a snowdrop. Native hibiscus flowers were in full bloom and leucadendron bushes, with their subtle colourings, look attractive. Also subtle are the convolvulus ground cover.






Many walkers, with and without dogs were out on this fine spring morning.




Many cyclists were also about often passing picket fences, but alas, none with lychgates.


About halfway along, we cross the Melbourne Water Pipe Reserve offering a linear walk.


At the southern end of Lusher Road is the Tarralla Creek Trail. It follows the Tarralla Creek and the paths offer easy travel for the walker and cyclist.


Always looking skywards for birds perching on overhead wires an unusual pair were spotted, a pair of sneakers. The pair look very new, just out of the nest, so to speak.


Few garden ornaments were seen, a birdbath playing host to potted plants and a large frog. Three birds and a gnome gathered in one spot. Looking almost out of place were three mature palm trees in a front yard.




The deep blocks could be considered a developers delight and many developers have been delighted with Lusher Road. One block had sixteen units and another one looked like it may have more. People have to live somewhere but it does reduce the ambience of a street.



At the end of Lusher Road is the Lusher Library, one of many street libraries that make an appearance along many suburban streets.


A noisy miner and several rainbow lorikeets were the only other birds seen.


A native orchid, although white, still looked very attractive as did a red stem of buds. A tree full of pink blossoms looked very attractive.




Lusher Road is an easy walk, offering lots of floral delights and the opportunity for several diversions.



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157736 - 2023-06-14 14:09:19

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