The saga goes on…..
Ornamental gardens
Modern drugs from plants
Terraces
Summer blooms
Cosmos, marigolds, and daisies
Zinnias
Blending in
They grow tall down under
Summertime down under
Which way to go?
This way will do
Two girls were singing
Flowers to attract the bees
Many signs are most helpful
Botanic Gardens Restaurant and Cafe
The season for bees
Excellent map of the garden
Palm Grove Centre
Cone from a bunya pine tree
Tropical flower
Imported from the tropics
Creek runs to the pond
Extra large impatiens
Blue blossoms
Blue flowering shrubs
Bedding plants
Gazebo
Sulfur-crested cockatoo
Ibis
Always rooting for bugs
Large cockatoo
This is a bunya pine
Araucaria bidwilli – bunya pine
Gate keeper male
Gate keeper female
One of many benches
Unusual palm
Not crowded at all today
Australian magpie – eat scarab beetle larvae & invertebrates
Begonias
Restored lodge
Now a mini-museum
Directions
Going towards the point
Perfect view of 2 icons
Skyline of Sydney
A catamaran
A paddlewheel
How did they get there?
Mature trees from the 1800’s
Water line path
Mrs. Macquarie’s chair carved in sandstone
Dedicated to Elizabeth
She spent considerable time here
Wind-carved
Not Mrs. Macquarie
Shade tree
Cabin cruiser
Bus load of tourists
Sydney Harbour
Heading back
The rocks invited exploration
One of several tour boats here
Over-loaded
Brilliant white roofs in the sun
Classic photo
Sydney Tower Eye stands out
Mini water taxi
Jungle of skyscrapers
St. George’s Open Air Cinema
The screen was in the water
Grand stand seating
Umbrellas at the eateries
Pleasant way to spend an evening
Danish design
Wifi was recently added to the Sydney Botanic Garden
Busby’s Bar
Stay off this grass
Wind and water smoothed out these rocks
