We stopped by the Australian Garden, aka Royal Botanic
Gardens Cranbourne, while heading back to Melbourne with my mom on her final full day in Australia. The Gardens were established in 1970 after a history of sand mining and extraction, grazing and timber felling. The place was much more extensive then we realized when we began walking around- from the visitor centre, it was hard to tell just how much ground it covers. And it is still being developed. In another ten or fifteen years, many of the plants will have grown taller or more robust and it may look quite different from these photos. The garden has a vast diversity of
landscapes- from a red sand garden, to a dry river bed, to a eucalypt walk and more. I don't know much about plants, but it was a delight to walk around and read about the various types and their environments. Some Aussie plants are
poisonous, as discovered by Captain Cook's expedition in 1770 in Queensland. If you'd like a guide to different plants, start
here- this site also has some great photos. I have thought about bringing back some plant/flower seeds for those of you who like to garden, but am hesitant since I have no idea if they'd grow. But am willing to buy some, so email me if you'd like to try it. The other photos I've posted above this entry is of a
bandicoot (a type of marsupial) and a bird we saw while having some lunch in the car before driving home. There are about 20 different species of bandicoots, but they are apparently in a population decline. The one we saw was fairly small. I'm sure the botanic gardens area is a good habitat for them as it's away from urban development. The bottle is from a ginger (nonalcoholic) beer I had- I just love the label on it, and thought I'd share.
We stopped by the Australian Garden, aka Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, while heading back to Melbourne with my mom on her final full day in Australia. The Gardens were established in 1970 after a history of sand mining and extraction, grazing and timber felling. The place was much more extensive then we realized when we began walking around- from the visitor centre, it was hard to tell just how much ground it covers. And it is still being developed. In another ten or fifteen years, many of the plants will have grown taller or more robust and it may look quite different from these photos. The garden has a vast diversity of landscapes- from a red sand garden, to a dry river bed, to a eucalypt walk and more. I don't know much about plants, but it was a delight to walk around and read about the various types and their environments. Some Aussie plants are poisonous, as discovered by Captain Cook's expedition in 1770 in Queensland. If you'd like a guide to different plants, start here- this site also has some great photos. I have thought about bringing back some plant/flower seeds for those of you who like to garden, but am hesitant since I have no idea if they'd grow. But am willing to buy some, so email me if you'd like to try it. The other photos I've posted above this entry is of a bandicoot (a type of marsupial) and a bird we saw while having some lunch in the car before driving home. There are about 20 different species of bandicoots, but they are apparently in a population decline. The one we saw was fairly small. I'm sure the botanic gardens area is a good habitat for them as it's away from urban development. The bottle is from a ginger (nonalcoholic) beer I had- I just love the label on it, and thought I'd share.
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