Gardener on excursion

Today, Sunday 23rd October, my youngest son who is a teacher thought it would be a good idea if I went on an excursion to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney to see some different techniques that other "Gardeners" use. After some discussions as to which train we should catch, we caught a fast train into Circular Quay and walked across to the gardens. On the way we stopped to get some pictures of the famous sights. (That’s the Sydney Harbour Bridge on the left and below is the Opera House.)

The main purpose of our visit was to see the exhibition of "Wollemi pines" which were to be auctioned later that afternoon. The Wollemi Pines were thought to be extinct. Click here to find out more. (I know you want to.) Unfortunately the "Berala Patch" is not large enough to place one of the trees so we decided not to wait for the auction. This was a lucky decision as one group of 15 sold for $120,000 Dollars.


Anyway, that’s all for today. You can click the pictures to enlarge them and don’t forget to leave a comment.