Well, I snuck in at the last minute with this one! This is a Snakes and Ladders game at the Enchanted Maze, near to where I used to live in Australia. I thought it a really cool idea which is why I took the photo – I think I had some dream of one day having a garden big enough to host my own Snakes and Ladders game š We last visited the maze several years ago, just before we left Australia, and here is Miss Five about to jump down a ladder.
The Enchanted Maze is hidden high in the hills above the bay, and comprises lovely formal gardens, a large hedge maze, a native bush trail with games and more mazes, and, in the summer, inner-tube sledding in the big field, which is hilarious fun. There’s also a big sweet shop and a lovely restaurant overlooking the gardens, which are open to weddings and birthday parties (we had the gorgeous girl’s second birthday there, a big picnic for family and friends).
This probably doesn’t look like the sort of garden you’d expect to see in Australia – however the lush soil and rolling hills of the Mornington Peninsula are home to some of the best wineries in Australia, as well as other formal gardens and parks. There’s plenty of bush, of course – gum trees and moonah and ti-tree abound, possums and spiders and kookaburrahs part of life ‘down the coast’. I loved living there, and feel very fortunate to have done so.
This is for Hugh’s Photo Challenge Week 12, and the subject is Games. The deadline is today, so if you’d like to add your own, be quick! And thanks for reading.
Helen Glynn Jones 
That’s a GREAT Snakes and Ladder idea for a Garden Helen š
Thanks, Chris – it’s awesome, isn’t it? I would love to have enough space to create one in my own garden š
Make a miniature one then LOL
I think I might š
Then you can post a photo when it’s done š š š
A little tiny photo š
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Looks like a fabulous fun place Helen! And those flowers… use how I’d like my garden to look! Might have to pin that pic to my garden Pinterest board, if that’s OK with you!
Thanks Ali, it was such a nice place to go – we loved it there š And yes, please do pin away – I’d love my garden to look like that too!
Thanks Helen, I just did. š
Perfect pictures for the theme, looks like an awesome place. Full of colour and fun.
It’s a lovely place, Miriam – and probably not too far from where you are. Well worth a visit if you’re down on the Peninsula š
Thanks Helen. I’ll keep it in mind.
Perfect for the challenge, Helen. What a gorgeous garden and what fun to be able to play a full-size Snakes & Ladders game in it. I’ve seen large chessboards and chess pieces in gardens, but never anything like this.
Thanks for participating. š
Thanks Hugh š I liked it too, wish I had enough space to put one in my own garden. Hope the move went well and that you’re settling in.
I used to play snakes and ladders as a little girl. How lovely to see a “big” version.
Thanks Sherry – I loved it too. I’ve seen big chess sets before but, as I don’t know how to play, they didn’t have the same impact as the Snakes and Ladders. I thought it was such fun š
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