penshurst.

Welcome to Penshurst.

One of Ben's job sites is in this teeny tiny town (population of 461 at the last census), and I decided to accompany him on the drive. He dropped me off in the middle of the town centre, with the idea that I might find a cozy cafe or park bench to chill at for a few hours. But the second he drove away, I instantly felt terrified of everything around me. In an imaginative, mysterious way, though. I flipped to some Ellie Goulding on my iPod and wandered the streets, pretending I was in a dystopian young adult novel.

here's Johnny! 

I'm sure Penshurst is a wonderful town to live, work and hang out in during the weekdays - I spent the later hours of a Saturday afternoon in town, which is probably a time for locals to relax at home with family, away from the city streets of abandoned buildings and mosquitos. There were a few general stores open, and a Volcanic Discovery Centre which I passed over (that's more of Ben's thing), but nothing that really interested me. Except for the botanic gardens.

From the outside, it looks like a regular old garden, like the ones I've been to in Melbourne and Geelong.

But then...

I'm not sure if I'll be back to visit Penshurst again. 

But I do recommend that garden. 

You should go.

I DARE YOU.

CK