Event 4 2021. Geelong Botanic Gardens
Event Report by Terry O'Brien Tuesday November 2, Melbourne Cup Day, was the day for us to explore the Geelong Botanical gardens. Not for us the thrill of flashes of bobbing silk and punting. Dick Patterson had arranged this excursion earlier but was cancelled. N ow with the recent easing of restrictions Dick was able to organise a second chance for this visit. A group close to 20 gathered at Buninyong at 8.15 and once car-pooling organised off we went to Geelong. We experienced very foggy views of eastern beach as we arrived at the eastern park arboretum where the gardens are located. The fog soon lifted however, and we had perfect sunny conditions for the excursion. Morning tea at the Gardens tea house was the start of our immersion into these magnificent gardens. During morning tea, we discovered our leader for the day had to detour from the garden excursion and for the rest of the day his mission was elsewhere. This meant w e all learnt something about med