Nobelius

This is from May 2020.

Well Melbourne certainly put on some amazing weather for our return to the outside world on the weekend. The Emerald to Cockatoo Trail is one of my favourite walks to do, as it really is 6.2km of pure beauty. Of course the second we were allowed out again off we went. It was great to stop in at The Nobelius Siding Packing Shed, this is remnant of the former Nobelius Nursery.

If you have time pop in and say hello to the volunteers (once it reopens) at the Emerald Museum, located 50 metres down from the packing shed, which is usually open on Sundays 1.30pm until 4.00pm and Wednesdays 10.00am until 3.00pm. It is run by extremely friendly and knowledgeable volunteers and has some fantastic displays, memorabilia and photos dating back to early aboriginal occupancy to today. Nobelius Heritage Park is four and a half hectares of well-manicured gardens and orchards first established in 1866 by Swedish immigrant Carl Axel Nobelius. These gardens are a beautiful location to come for a picnic, as there are some well positioned picnic tables that allow you to sit under the shade of a leafy green tree or in winter choose on in what sunshine there is.

The rows of Rosemary and Lavender here inspired my own garden at home, unfortunately mine do not have quite the same effect as the ones here. This was my out of Iso destination number two, it was a close call between Emerald to Cockatoo and The Grampians. We will wait until camping is again permitted before heading back to the Grampians. For now I am extremely happy to have got back out in the sunshine, under a blue sky in a beautiful area.