​Yes – there is just so much happening – not just here, but in every large and small town across our country.  The Brisbane Riverfire Festival kicks off around now, as does Comic Con; The Desert Festival in Alice Springs and Crock Camping in Darwin; cycling and car racing events at the Gold and Sunshine coasts; museum and gallery events Australia wide; Fringe Festivals, the Burlesque Festival, Tulip and Footy Festivals; Mango events, Melbourne Southbank Festival, Sydney’s Floriade; the Blessing of the Fleet, the Oyster Festival and even the Perth Fried Chicken Mother Clucka Event!  There’s just too much to do and see during spring and I love it!!!

​​Every man, woman, child and his dog suddenly find travelling wings, to visit a least a couple of events during the school holidays; when families do their best to catch up on sharing ‘the love’.

I have to say, I was totally blown away by the number of statues available at the Scented Garden.  I counted over 30 statues, but these were my favourites.  The attention to detail is just superb and proportionally, each statue stands about three quarters the actual size of a female figure.  Centrally place among the falling autumn leaves, these little ladies are very much worth viewing, on a crisp winter morning.  The lighting is just great, then!

Among the ladies however, this one really captured my attention as the statue sort of grows out of the dead of leaves.  

I don't know how old or how long these statues have existed at the gardens, but I do know they have been here for many years.  I remember as a kid, dad would bring me to the parks on various photo shoots and I'd be in my element tossing the leaves about the winter fog.  Those were the days when the rains came in the winter months - not much of that happening lately. 

This young fellow stands beneath a huge growth of trees, as you enter the Gardens - not far from the tiered iron sculptures that house beds of hanging flowers in the summer months.  Yes, they are pretty empty at the moment, but come summer, he'll be in his element among the blossoms.  For the time being, this fellow is rugged up for the winter and I don't see him going anywhere fast. :)