Falliage etc

The title is a neologism (I so claim) derived from Fall and Foliage.

I have wondered a bit why Americans use "Fall" and the Poms stick with "Autumn".  It appears that Fall comes from an Old English (ie Nordic-based) word meaning to fall or drop.  Thus relates to leaves descending, which is sensible.  Autumn seems to be a direct take from French (although etymologists- linguistics answer to taxonomists - seem unable to prove that.  Why the US languages should have stuck with the old version of the name but the Poms have dropped that is a mystery.

Whatever: here is some Falliage around Nerang Pool.

On the evening of 4 May I was waiting for some friends and notice this bank of leaves under an oak tree.  By late morning on the 5th they had all vanished: was this the street sweeper or the brisk wind?
 I found some few colourful trees in part of Glebe Park.

 We visited Telopea Park in search of Falliage, but none was available.  Neither was parking due to the Giants -Saints game happening at Manuka.

On Sunday we went for a tour of the National Arboretum.  Again very little lurid colour.  We did notice this statue which is surely a Fall?
 There were lots of leaves under the cork oaks (where the stripped off bark gave an interesting view) but they weren't colourful.
I'll finish with a few camellias that are flowering in various spots around the City.






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