Mildura

Went to the Inland Botanic Gardens today, very hot and the theme is to walk and enjoy. Well we did for a bit then decided to stop at the cafe for ice cream. We got there at 3.02 and the cafe closed at 3. Never mind had one on the way home.

Picture of the Mallee tree, it's 2500 years old, although the top can burn off or get cut off the root system keeps going. In the picture the roots are 2500 and the top growth is only about 700 years old, seen some things I bet.

The irrigation I saw yesterday is part of the Murry River Scheme, they seem to be growing most of the table grape consumption in Australia, not to mention Lindemans wine.

The gardens also had a renovated homestead and sheep shearing shed.