Tasma House and Gardens - Spring 2011
Spring 2011 at Tasma House and Gardens is in full flight. The trees are abundant with new growth and blossoms. The cockatoos, ravens, ducks, honey-eaters, rosellas, and kookaburras are all chiming in with their songs of the forest. Tasma House is adjacent to the springs reserve and the Wombat Forest and provides a corridor for local birds and animals. The other morning I bumped into Mr. Kangaroo on Table Hill rd, not with a car, but walking along. Mrs. Wallaby has been leaving calling cards on the nature strip, as well.
The winter cold had Tasma House booked solid each weekend, with different groups celebrating stuff, getting older and wiser, learning and sharing things, and otherwise keeping warm together. Daylesford has long been popular as a place in winter where you can relax, stay indoors or rug-up against the cold outdoors and do very little. The cold acts as an effective excuse for this and an opportunity to cook slow meals and indulge in good company. Friends and extended family groups have been doing this over winter, but with the spring sunshine, there is a distinct increase in the hoots and hollers of happy kids on the trampoline in the gardens, and the smell of BBQ's in the air as the activities move outside.
The front verandah gets a healthy dose of sun in the afternoons, where a sunset can be enjoyed over the Wombat Forest, whilst watching all the birds that visit the ponds. Give that rocking chair a good rockin' while you are at it, and the magic of Table Hill in the Central Highlands will truly reveal itself.
Adrian
