Our next stop was the Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens, which are situated at an altitude of over 1000 metres in the northern Blue Mountains. The 28 hectare garden was established as the cool-climate garden of the Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney. Opened to the public in 1987, it is home to over 5000 species of plants from the cooler parts of the world including South America, Southeast Asia, China, Africa, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and the alpine regions of Australia (funny how they don't mention Canada!).
Mum and I explored the gardens for an hour and a half while William and Ian went on a children's "quest" (a treasure hunt of sorts). Unfortunately we didn't write down the names of all of the plants and flowers that we saw....but here are some of them.
This is a rhododendrun variety
Another type of rhodo
Mum and a Banksia Rose bush.
Thanks to the Mount Tomah Botanic Gardens web site for all of the above info!
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