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We visited these beautiful gardens today for English Tea and Scones - demanded by wife and daughter, who else.  E. G. Waterhouse National Camellia Garden is in Caringbah and overlooking the beautiful Yowie Bay.

Camellia Gardens has been recognised as an International Camellia Garden of Excellence and is only one of 40 International Camellia Gardens of Excellence in the world and the only such garden in New South Wales.

The Gardens began as a project under the 1970 Captain Cook Bicentenary program, and the first plantings were made in 1969. They are named after the late Professor EG Waterhouse, a leading world authority on camellias, who lived in Sydney. The garden has grown over the years into its present beauty, in part due to the generous donations by numerous groups and individuals.

Not many camelias to see as they're out of season but plenty of other blooms and much wildlife.

The gardens have over 400 cultivars and species donated and acquired since its first plantings began in 1969, in addition to many other rare ornamental and native plants. The collection is of unique value to Australian horticulture. The Gardens classifies its collection according to the International Camellia Register.