Thursday, May 19, 2011

Dunedin Botanic Garden - check.

Vanessa & Todd climbing a very tall tree.
The Dunedin Botanic Garden are the oldest botanic gardens in New Zealand and are beautifully situated (shockingly) on a steep hill with paths wandering up and down.  It includes an aviary with New Zealand birds and other exotic birds (with quite a large parrot collection), a greenhouse with lots of tropical plants, and gardens from Africa, America, Asia and Australia.  

Last Saturday was a lovely sunny day which means to everyone in Dunedin - GO OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SUN!  Needless to say, we heeded this advice and spent a few hours wandering the gardens.  We parked at the top, wandered our way down, had an ice cream, and then wandered back up.

I'm not a particularly big garden or plant person, but it was a nice way to spend a few hours.  It would have been a sin for us to leave Dunedin without visiting the Botanic Garden, so we can now leave in peace (phew!).
  
 
  
Closed...
...and open.
 
 
Fall in May (weird).

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