How to see the Royal Botanic Gardens the easy way
No Comments »12th October, 2007; Category: Botanic Gardens, Holidays, New South Wales, Parks and Gardens, Sydney
Trackless Train tours, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Our holiday in New South Wales
September 2007
The Royal Botanic Gardens in the heart of Sydney are quite extensive. These beautiful gardens are an excellent place to visit for a relaxing walk or picnic while in Sydney. The gardens cover about 30 hectares and for those who tire easily there is a great service. You can take a tour through the gardens on the trackless train (see photo above). These run every twenty minutes from the Opera House and cover a large part of the gardens. It stops several times along the way. There is a charge for this service.
Guided walks, however, are free. These are conducted daily (currently 10:30am). The restaurant and cafe is an excellent place to buy food and drinks and recover from all that walking. The Gardens Shop has an excellent range of plant related items for sale.
For more information, go to the website of the gardens by clicking here.
Sydney CBD
Sydney CBD
Our holiday in New South Wales
September 2007
Whenever we visit Sydney we rarely go into the CBD or to many shopping centres. Shopping does not really interest us. We are more interested in going to places where there is natural bushland, for my wife to look at the plants and for me to do some birding. The photos shown here are as close as we got to the CBD on this latest visit to Sydney. We were heading for the Royal Botanic Gardens for lunch and the afternoon.
Sydney CBD
Sydney Harbour
Ferries at Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour
Our holiday in New South Wales
September 2007
On our last day in Sydney during our recent holiday there we decided to take advantage of the beautiful day and head in to the CBD. Our main objective was to spend some time in one of our favourite spots in the city, the Royal Botanic Gardens.
We took the train into the city, changed trains at Wynyard Station and then took the next train to Circular Quay on the harbour.
Ferry at Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour
Public transport in Sydney enables one to move around quite easily compared to some cities. I regret not having taken one or more of the ferries out on a cruise of the harbour. We did this in 2000 when we visited Sydney after a long absence and we thoroughly enjoyed the cruise. Next year when we return we have already decided to do far more touring around the city and the harbour and see more of the sights of this beautiful city.
Boats at Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour
A relaxing day at home
Garden flowers in Artarmon, Sydney
Our holiday in New South Wales
September 2007
On our holiday in New South Wales we stayed for ten days with our son and daughter-in-law. During that time we had some relaxing times walking around the suburbs nearby. I’ve already written about some of the flowers we saw in people’s gardens.
Garden flowers in Artarmon, Sydney
Today I have posted some of the flowers in my son’s garden. I took these photos while he was cooking a wonderful barbecue for us on our last weekend staying with them.
Garden flowers in Artarmon, Sydney
Images of Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens
No Comments »27th September, 2007; Category: Botanic Gardens, Holidays, New South Wales, Parks and Gardens
Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens, NSW
Our holiday in New South Wales
September 2007
Today I have included more images of the Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens. These gardens are in the blue Mountains west of Sydney.
Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens, NSW
Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens, NSW
Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens, NSW
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See more photos on my photo gallery here.