Some happy snaps from a recent trip to the Rippon Lea Estate in Melbourne.

So what are the chances you are going to visit anytime soon? If the answer is no, then here are some of the things that I saw on a beautifully sunny Autumn day.

Getting ready for a wedding

You can just make out the train tracks

Inside the fern garden

Open Grass park at Rippon Lea Estate

Up the water well

The Lake

Servants Quarters

View from over the orchard

Swimming Pool from the manor

Flower garden

A list of all the fruit trees in the Orchard

Moreton Bay Fig