Botanic Gardens

So I was wandering through the centre of town this morning and saw a bus to the Botanic Gardens. A lovely bus ride, which included the peak of Black Mountain with beautiful views over Canberra and the far mountains, and then an afternoon wandering through the Gardens.

There are different areas of the gardens, including a Euclypt lawn

with many different varieties of Euclypt. You are encouraged to hug the trees ( I did not) but also look at the different types of bark. Here is a red stringy bark

and here is a brittle gum

There were only a few flowers around because of course it is mid-winter, but the Banksia were in full bloom

The selfie is because I wanted to show how enormous this plant was - it's a lily!!!