Autumn Leaves
There is a town in Sydney's Blue Mountain's built in the image of a classic English village.
Where large farm and garden estates call home, containing historic houses with brick bordered gates at the fore, old towering tree's line the streets and apple picking is always in season.
Mt. Wilson, lies somewhere on the scale between the 1920's and traditional country England.
North of the Blue Mountains pass, the last petrol station is about 15KM's back towards Sydney and the next real food source isn't for another 10KM further along towards Lithgow. There is no phone signal here, permanent commercial buildings or public water access and it feels as though you really have stepped back into a pre-21st century era.
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In traditional fashion, entry fee is payable on a honesty system.
Whilst Breenhold and other gardens do charge admission fee's, many others are free, while freely walking through the township is a delight in itself. Many mountain trails also lead from the town to various mountain lookouts, the surrounds also include a campsite to set up tent.
Where large farm and garden estates call home, containing historic houses with brick bordered gates at the fore, old towering tree's line the streets and apple picking is always in season.
Mt. Wilson, lies somewhere on the scale between the 1920's and traditional country England.
North of the Blue Mountains pass, the last petrol station is about 15KM's back towards Sydney and the next real food source isn't for another 10KM further along towards Lithgow. There is no phone signal here, permanent commercial buildings or public water access and it feels as though you really have stepped back into a pre-21st century era.
The town becomes a picturesque visual delight as red's, yellow's and orange's, covering the surrounds with the turning of the leaves. It is so charming Baz Luhrman used one of the garden's as the setting for his film The Great Gatsby. The one in question is Breenhold Gardens.
In traditional fashion, entry fee is payable on a honesty system.
Whilst Breenhold and other gardens do charge admission fee's, many others are free, while freely walking through the township is a delight in itself. Many mountain trails also lead from the town to various mountain lookouts, the surrounds also include a campsite to set up tent.
Does this seem familiar?
Just imagine the scene with a towering mansion behind that wall, a road winding to the right of those trees and one Leonardo Di Caprio lingering at that gateway.
Although all movie sets were taken down after the filming of the movie. Including the cottage house of Nick Carroway. Admittedly Hollywood has a way of using manipulating scenes to create the desired visual affect, many locations are un-recognisable without imagination or comparison. But the sets are primarily taken down as the gardens are part of the private estate of its owners, opening its gates seasonally to the public during the autumn and spring months.