• 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.