The National Botanical Gardens are, depending on your point of view, either more naturalistic or less well maintained than the others we have visited on this trip. We especially liked the botanical gardens in Adelaide and Sydney much better. Still, it was worth an afternoon stroll to see more of the local flora. Deborah may not agree as it was quite hot that day and she was fairly melting by mid-afternoon. We escaped to an air conditioned movie theatre to cool off while watching Brad Pitt do his best Louisiana drawl in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” which we both liked.
Botanical Gardens
Beautiful Gum Trees
As one early explorer noted, in this curious land the trees keep their leaves and shed their bark.
Star Trek prop?
Orchid
A confused tree (can't decide which way to grow)