On the Wednesday before departing Oz we were invited out for morning tea to an old buddy of my fathers.

Frank is an ex boxer, cab driver and bon v vont back in the day. Frank and his partner Beryl gave us a good nosh and Frank reminisced overly about the good ol days.

Their garden at the back of the house at West Hoxten Park has some interesting plants, chickens and a view as fare as Sydney 25 miles away. In my day this area was all rural with many small to medium size farms, not now, freeways and homes are almost upon this semi rural enclave 5 miles from Liverpool.

Some of the plants include stag horns top, passion fruit and chokos, and this amazing orange trumpet bush. That is my mom next to Fran.