Saturday, January 28th
8am to 2pm
at the Australian Outback Plantation
Contact: australianoutbackplants@gmail.com
Walk-about in our Hummingbird Sanctuary Eremophila emu bush garden. Eremophilas are blooming and the hummingbirds are arriving in their winter migratory home. Take a seat… take pictures as they buzz by your head.
Explore our Melaleuca Paperbark Maze and experience the scented foliage. Yes, that’s a real Tea Tree oil plant!
Buy plants at discounted prices… connect with other Australian plant lovers… donate to the Australia Koala Foundation… enjoy food, create a Eucalyptus bouquet, attend Aboriginal Dot Art Painting Class. ($20, includes materials, reserve space in advance. Contact: australianoutbackplants@gmail.com) Listen to the sounds of the didgeridoo and learn how to play one!
Meander through the plantation and talk with Tjilbanyaba – the tree man as he discusses the Eucalyptus that feeds America’s koalas, marsupials, giraffes, okapi, and exotic animals.
Location
51231 W. Narramore Road, Harquahala Valley, AZ 85354
Directions - Warning: do not use GPS, nor google maps – you’ll end up on the wrong side of the valley! Directions are as if you’re driving from phoenix area:
I-10 West, exit 81 (also called Salome Hwy/Harquahala Valley Road).
Turn south (that’s a left) and take an immediate right – this puts you on Harquahala Valley Road (HVR).
Follow for approximately 15 miles until it deadends at Baseline Road
Turn left and an immediate right to continue on HVR. Follow until turns to dirt. This is where you’ll see a large Australian Outback Plantation sign.
Continue on dirt until you come to the next large sign – turn left in front of that sign and follow into plantation.
At the fork in the road – hang to the right until you come to the barn. You’ll be directed to parking area.