tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445111183007833890.post8647266303319728204..comments2023-12-30T01:39:18.742+11:00Comments on The House(s) of Fran_mart: Where we have beenFlabmeisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934077052437339591noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445111183007833890.post-84533346798853401622012-08-02T14:38:21.447+10:002012-08-02T14:38:21.447+10:00Thanks for the comment Joy. The folk of Gawler se...Thanks for the comment Joy. The folk of Gawler seemed to be doing a good job of retaining their history. It seemed that the appalling sprawl of Adelaide is getting close to the Southern boundary of the town: that will probably complete the downwards slide! <br /><br />When we lived in Adelaide I recall a day in 1982 when the temperature got below freezing for the first time ever. Some galoots went swimming in the sea as it did so. <br /><br />However we found it pleasantly warm in the spots we visited this time. This may be because we had a sanguinary cold non-Summer and have been consistently getting -3 to -5 this WinterFlabmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934077052437339591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445111183007833890.post-75425092012476288742012-08-02T13:59:14.257+10:002012-08-02T13:59:14.257+10:00Interesting to read your trip report. I am origina...Interesting to read your trip report. I am originally a crow-eater and have been to many of the places you did - was born and raised in Gawler (near the Barossa Valley), which you reported on. That town isn't as nice as it used to be when I was growing up - but maybe that's the cast of nostalgia. Or maybe not - a friend's son recently hanged himself under a bridge there, and I have to say it's a desolate place to die.<br />On a brighter note, I lived in one of those old sandstone houses with the cast iron accessories (I'm sure there's an architectural term to describe them) - deliciously cool in summer but appallingly freezing in winter. I'm impressed you braved the South Australian winter - you're braver than me. But then you live near Canberra :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445111183007833890.post-56375714067623487202012-08-01T18:35:13.217+10:002012-08-01T18:35:13.217+10:00Thanks Denis. I will try toget it closer - we had...Thanks Denis. I will try toget it closer - we hadn't thought of Grevilleas!<br /><br />MartinFlabmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934077052437339591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445111183007833890.post-14224401035892579632012-08-01T17:49:32.382+10:002012-08-01T17:49:32.382+10:00Hi Martin
In your plants of Eyre Peninsula #1, the...Hi Martin<br />In your plants of Eyre Peninsula #1, the " Unknown lurid plant" is some sort of Grevillea (almost certainly)<br />The "pollen presenter" and the cup-shaped bits with the anthers are certainly Proteaceae.<br />Cheers<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.com