I have been very good at packing lunch while on the road but today i didn't, we thought we could pick up lunch somewhere in Ballarat, well we did, just as well the rest of the day was cheap.
It was yummy and we couldnt eat it all thank goodness we had decided to get this between us. The "Kiosk" was at the lake and a little more than a cafe or kiosk. We chose to sit outside facing the lake and had a good view of all the waterbirds.
We took some of the wedges that we didn't eat to feed the ducks, Warren had them coming for several metres away.
There were quite a few of these black swans, so majestic looking, most of them were out further but this one came for a closer look. We had to go for a walk through the lake and gardens to walk off lunch.
I found a craft shop to wander through, it was based in Adam Lindsay Gordon's home, a small four bedroom place, Warren found a park bench to rest on.
I was impressed by the size of the trees in the park but we had been told that the gardens were started in 1888 so I guess that why they are so huge.
The brass plates told what they were and how old or how tall.
A very cold shaded place.
Ballarat has the busts of all Prime Ministers, the last one there is Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd has both his stints on his.
Beautiful display of marigolds but Arghh! the gardeners were at the other end cutting off the flowers! What the? They explained that the flowers were too big for the bushes and there is expected rain in a couple of days so they were taking the flowers off to spare the bushes. The rain would knock them over with the weight of water and blooms. He said that in three weeks they would flower again bigger and better and the bushes would also be bigger and stronger. In the photo is part of Robert Gordon Menzies, who was Prime Minister during the war years.
