Saturday, March 9th, 2024 - 8am to 2pm at the Australian Outback Plantation
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.
Buy plants at discounted prices… connect with other Australian plant lovers… donate to the Australia Koala
Foundation… enjoy food, create a Eucalyptus bouquet. Listen to the sounds of the didgeridoo & learn how
to play!
Meander through the Eucalyptus forests and talk with Tjilbanyaba – the tree man as he discusses the
Eucalyptus that feeds America’s koalas, marsupials, giraffes, okapi, and exotic animals.
Directions:
I-10 West, exit 81 (also called Salome Hwy/Harquahala Valley Road).
Turn south and take an immediate right – this puts you on Harquahala Valley Road (HVR). Follow for approximately 15 miles until it dead-ends at Baseline Road.
Take a 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. Parking is in this area.