Sunday, 18 January 2015

Railton Topiary, Tasmania, Australia.

My husband and I went for a drive the day after the grandchildren went home (the two girls) and we were gone for 8 hours.  Headed to the North West Coast and ended up inland traveling through many small towns, one such town was Railton, town of Topiary.  Having been through Railton several times had no idea all this topiary was around as I expect I kept my eyes on the road when driving through on my own.
Railton and surrounding area is mostly farming. Railton itself has about 900 people.


The elephant with the Christmas decorations still attached. The main street.


This jockey and horse was attached to a house.


Train in the main street.


The War Memorial with 3 soldiers in the main street.


The numbers of someones' house long time before Railton.

 
A shark.


There is a small paddock with lots of topiary including a Tasmania Devil which I haven't shown.
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Location: Railton TAS 7305, Australia

18 comments:

  1. GosiaSunday, 18 January 2015 at 07:28:00 GMT+11

    Margaret, it looks so nice and unusual. I love them all but the best in my opinion is the elephant. In my culture people believe elaphant brings happiness to our daily routine

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  2. AnonymousSunday, 18 January 2015 at 09:27:00 GMT+11

    Looks worth visiting. It reminds me of the town Noojee where at the pub when I was a kid there were huge tree fern carvings, mostly dinosaurs. They were excellent but the last time I was there they had started to break up.

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    1. Margaret DTuesday, 20 January 2015 at 12:00:00 GMT+11

      They would be interesting to see shapes made of tree ferns...

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  3. AdamSunday, 18 January 2015 at 12:55:00 GMT+11

    I always like art pieces like that, people are too creative

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    1. Margaret DTuesday, 20 January 2015 at 12:00:00 GMT+11

      I expect some people are creative, and it's getting the people to join in is the thing.

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  4. yevishaSunday, 18 January 2015 at 17:31:00 GMT+11

    they are very clever, i like the elephant and the jockey and horse. it must take ages to keep them just so. you certainly had a big day out M. 8 hours is huge. hope you are well

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    1. Margaret DTuesday, 20 January 2015 at 12:02:00 GMT+11

      We drove back some distance so I could take the photo of the horse and jockey, as a lot of the topiary is stretched out in the town.
      Sometimes on our drives we are away most of the days, one road leads to another..

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  5. RosemarySunday, 18 January 2015 at 22:34:00 GMT+11

    These put my topiary in the shade - I only have balls and pillars.

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  6. CynthiaMonday, 19 January 2015 at 09:29:00 GMT+11

    Those are wonderful! My favorite is the soldiers.

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    1. Margaret DTuesday, 20 January 2015 at 12:03:00 GMT+11

      They are nice those soldiers...wonderful imagination of many who do the topiary.

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  7. The Yum ListMonday, 19 January 2015 at 10:35:00 GMT+11

    That's some very clever shear work.

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  8. diane bMonday, 19 January 2015 at 23:14:00 GMT+11

    They are amazing .It must take a lot of work.

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    1. Margaret DTuesday, 20 January 2015 at 12:04:00 GMT+11

      I expect once the shape is there it's just a matter of a trim.

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  9. Jo-Anne's RamblingsTuesday, 20 January 2015 at 09:56:00 GMT+11

    Wow..............that is all I have

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