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Crape myrtles are chiefly known for their colorful and long-lasting flowers, which occur in summer. Most species of Lagerstroemia have sinewy, fluted stems and branches with a mottled appearance that arises from having bark that sheds throughout the year. Flowers are borne in summer and autumn in panicles of crinkled flowers with a crêpe-like texture. Colors vary from deep purple to red to white, with almost every shade in between. Although no blue-flowered varieties exist, the flowers trend toward the blue end of the spectrum with no orange or yellow except in stamens and pistils. The fruit is a capsule, green and succulent at first, then ripening to dark brown or black dryness. It splits along six or seven lines, producing teeth much like those of the calyx, and releases numerous, small, winged seeds. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagerstroemia

You are here: Home / History of Toonarbin Main Hall Main Hall ‘Toonarbin’ is one of Brisbane’s oldest homes. Built in the 1860’s it was first home to three generations of Captain Henry O’Reilly’s family until it was sold to the Catholic Church in the 1920’s. It became a Convent for the next 80 years, undergoing substantial modification including the red brick cladding that you see today around the original Georgian mansion. The Convent was then sold by the Catholic Church. On the brink of being gutted and modernized, it was bought in 2007 by the present owners. Over the next five years they undertook a painstaking restoration of the interior of the building back to its original magnificent form. Today it is a grand family home, much like it was in Brisbane’s early days. A further delight for visitors is the owners’ superb collection of Australian art, ranging from early Charles Conder, Arthur Streeton, through to Brett Whiteley and Margaret Olley, with many artists in between, framed beautifully in this historic home. Source: flyingarts.org.au/history-of-toonarbin/#:~:text='Toonarbi....

"Having built his house Montpelier on a hill he named after himself -‘O’Reilly’s Hill’ (later Bowen Hills) - early settler and ASN shipping firm man Captain O’Reilly moved across the river and acquired another hilly bushland site from architect Benjamin Backhouse. Here he built this imposing yet austere multi-chimneyed two storey mansion ‘Toonarbin’, which at the time looked at odds with its secluded bushy site. In 1926 it was purchased by the religious real estate king of Brisbane, Archbishop Duhig, as part of his ever growing Catholic empire and converted to a convent for the Sisters of Mercy. It operated as a convent until 1995 and some years later was bought by a private owner who meticulously restored it to its past glory." Source: homesofbrisbane.blogspot.com/2021/02/toonarbin-more-than-...

I have never seen this spectacular photo before, nor do I recognize any of these oldtimers. Perhaps someday technology (Google?) will help us solve this puzzle!