Royal Botanic Gardens

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February 12th 2022
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Officially established in 1816, it is the oldest such garden in Australia, occupying more than 27 hectares (66 acres) along the shores of Sydney Harbour. The garden has about 5,000 kinds of plants under cultivation. Today with Lynne we visited The Succulent Garden, The Fernery and an exhibition at The Calyx ‘Inside the Tide - Which has over 20,000 plants on ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more