Floriade in Canberra's Commonwealth Park on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin features extensive displays of flowering bulbs with integrated sculptures and other artistic features. This annual festival attracts tourists from around Australia and overseas in spring each year.
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Mayfield Garden is a 64 hectare cool climate garden situated near Oberon. Owned by the Hawkins family, Mayfield Garden has been inspired by the magnificent gardens of Europe and features vast greenery vistas, an avenue of trees, dazzling seasonal colours and ornamental flowering.
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Cowra Japanese Garden was designed by Ken Nakajima in the style of the Edo period as a kaiyū-shiki or strolling garden. The rocky hillside, manicured hedges, waterfalls, streams, and lakes provide a serene environment for a variety of aquatic birds. Special features of the garden include a Bonshō (bell), a traditional Edo cottage, an authentic open air tea house, and a Bonsai house. An annual Sakura Matsuri (cherry blossom festival) is held in the gardens during September celebrating the arrival of spring.
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Bebeah is a 5 hectare garden at Mt Wilson featuring an extensive strolling path featuring many varieties of flowering plants, and a semi formal design including a lake.This garden is a fascinating mix of formal and informal elements, ancient trees next to hedges of flowering azaleas and camellias and various statues and sculptures. At the centre of the property is a large lake and the landscape gradually rolls down into a another tiny pond surrounded by native plants.
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Places
- Bowral
- Canberra
- Young
- Cowra
- Orange
- Bathurst / Oberon
- Mt Wilson
Attractions
Bowral- Spectacular Tulip Time display in Corbett Gardens
- Cycling trail - takes you from Bowral to Moss Vale on the Bong Bong Track
- Floriade - Commonwealth Park
- Tulip Top Gardens - Sutton
- Darling Portrait Prize 2022 Exhibition - National Portrait Gallery
- National Photographic Portrait Prize Exhibition - National Portrait Gallery
- 1940 Canberra Air Disaster Memorial - Fairbairn Pine Plantation
- Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
- Mt Stromlo
- National Arboretum
Cowra
Orange
Highlights
- Bowral - Tulips After Dark
- Canberra - Sounds of Spring
- Cowra - Sakura Matsuri (cherry blossom festival)
- Mayfield Garden - Spring Festival
Potential Campsites with embedded Wikicamps links
(dates indicate the first and last nights of stay)
- Berrima Reserve (Bowral) - 18/9 (1 night)
- alternate campsites -
- Berrima Campground,
- Moss Vale Showground or
- Terminus Hotel, Marulan
- Cotter Dam (Canberra) - 19 & 20/9 (2 nights)
- alternate campsites -
- Exhibition Park in Canberra,
- Bungendore Showground,
- Gundaroo Reserve
- Young Showgrounds - 21/9 (1 night)
- Phillips Crossing (Cowra) - 22 & 23/9 (2 nights)
- Macquarie Woods Rec Area (Orange) - 24 & 25/9 (2 nights)
- Flat Rock Camp Spot (Bathurst/Oberon) - 26 & 27/9 (2 nights)
- Cathedral Reserve (Mt Wilson) - 28 & 29/9 (2 nights)
Alternative Accommodation
- To be discussed and updated (if needed)
Route Distance: 1,200 km
Season: Spring
Duration: 14 days approx
Departure: 18 September, 2022 (see Planning Calendar below)
Tentative Return: 30 September, 2022
Participants:
Confirmed
- Roger and Helen
- Warren and Kerrie
- Don and Carrol (Canberra & Bowral)
- Doug and Louise (Bowral)
- Elizabeth & Peter (Canberra & Bowral)
Tentative
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