Pond Garden Pump House

Here at the side of the Moosey Pond surrounded by gums is the Pump House - the nerve centre of the irrigation for the garden. It's a rustic wooden structure near the boundary fence, and is slowly falling to pieces.

pump house - 2000

Friends have suggested that pictures of the Pump House make it look like an outdoor toilet. Hmm...

The Moosey Pump House

Rustic? Hmm...

Alas, for this important little structure the adjective 'rustic' is a euphemism for 'in urgent need of repair'.

Australian Eucalpyts

Different types of gum trees surround it. These trees have the proper name Eucalypts, and are Australian trees. They are messy (they drop leaves and bark) and noisy (the wind in their leaves) and I love them. And I'm not even an Australian!

I have allowed Pittosporums to self seed in this area - they seem to cope with growing near the moisture-stealing gums. They are very tidy evergreens, and need little grooming - unlike their larger neighbours!

If I didn't clear out the dropped gum debris this whole area would quickly lose its ambience! I seem to spend weeks collecting and burning gum rubbish!

Pump House - 2004

The tree in the foreground has beautiful whitish bark - it's one of the biggest gum trees in the garden. I try to keep its trunk clean. Other gum trees (seen in the background) have a rough brick red bark which doesn't peel off.