An Australian Country Garden

My mother, like many rural Australian women, has spent a great deal of time and energy on developing a garden on the farm (where she has lived for close on fifty years). Conditions are often harsh and the recent near decade of drought wrought havoc even on relatively tough trees. This garden, sadly, is about to be abandoned. These pictures were taken recently (Dec 2010/Jan 2011). The early summer, funnily enough, has been the wettest for many years.