Neville Street, Mooroolbark

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A new tree seen on this walk was a pom pom tree which is a native of South Africa.

An Australian native was a bottlebrush small shrub.

A colourful flowering tree was a manuka, a native of New Zealand whose pollen produces manuka honey.

A tree that is endemic to Australia is the melaleuca, also called a paperbark.

Neville Street has a number of different and interesting front fences. Non-pointed picket and paling, wooden railing, and an overgrown picket with a rusty lock on a long unused gate and a couple of other picket fences.

Apart from picket fences, I like agapanthus, even though they are considered by some to be a noxious weed. I was delighted to see both together.

Another pleasing sight was a lychgate in a well-maintained picket fence.

The avian activity was one magpie a mudlark about to launch from a paling fence. A wattle bird got the itch, a spotted dove was enjoying the scenery and an Indian myna had a beak full.

Walking past a wooden gate I noticed a nose and a hairy paw poking under the bottom of said gate.

Some colourful flowers seen were several birds of paradise flowers, grevillea, iris, jasmine, plumbago and a topped lavender.

Gazanias are always colourful are the many roses seen.

A hyssop plant was one I had not seen before.

Several pelargoniums and geraniums were also seen.

A large bougainvillea shrub had many colourful flowers. It is a native of several South American countries.

A nice display of succulents in several rows of plastic pots was mounted upon a brick wall. A few steps to a front door looked nostalgic.

An interesting garden ornament was a long abandoned small rotary hoe unit and a small Santa image.

A bird bath was embedded into a tree trunk. An unidentified yellow leaf among green leaves looked interesting.

Neville Street can be found on Melway map 37. F.11.



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