Wellman Street, Box Hill South

Wellman Street, Box Hill South

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Posted 2023-03-24 by Neil Follettfollow
This 700-metre street is well-established in a well-established suburb. There are many original houses and many newly built modern ones, which didn't look out of place.


An indication of its original establishment is number of wire fences, reminiscence of the 1940's.


Many gardens featured large bushes and small trees. A white crepe myrtle and an oleander were tree examples, while a hibiscus and a grevillea were large bushes.






Several gardens had plumbago plants, with many flowing over fences.


With Easter coming several groups of Easter lilies were in flower, including a group heading for their Easter break.




I saw two noisy miners, one posing nicely on an overhead wire and one in a gum tree, surrounded by gum nuts.




Another two inhabitants of a tree were two bears, looking well, despite their time in residence.


A magpie posed in a garden bed. Magpies are easy to photograph as they do not decamp at the approach of humans.


Any time of the year there seem to be roses growing, many as individual specimens, which make for nice photos.


Some individual bloom also made nice photos. Cherry blossoms, fuchsia, and geraniums were three.






Many picket fences were in front of some of the older residences.


Apart from lychgates, picket fences are often home to picket gates.

A few walkers were about, some with dogs.


It is a tree-lined street with footpaths on both sides, giving a shady walk on sunny days.


A pot of geraniums was decorating a garden path, a banksia bush was maturing, a agapanthus had matured as were several salvia stalks.


An ornate bird bath was moonlighting as a planter, a cockatoo was in a garden bed, as was a garden lamp and a mailbox.


Another group of flowers were some golden dewdrops, an iris, a jasmine and a polygala bush.


The mauve flowers of society garlic, a native of South Africa, are appearing in a few gardens. These look spectacular when planted en-masse.


As usual a few unidentified plants and flowers were seen, but they do make nice photos.


A walk along Wellman Street is almost a walk back in time.





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134780 - 2023-06-13 10:57:49

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