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Victoria Melbourne Aquarium Botanical Gardens Puffing Billy Phillip Island Great Ocean Walk Day 1 - Koala day Day 2 - shoreline sights Day 3 - up and down Day 4 - to the Apostels Day 5 - finishing up Wilsons Prom Short walk Daywalk Overnight hike The burned gum trees Tree fern jungle Sealers cove over the ridge at the camp ground Tasmania General Marsupials Birds More animals Trees |
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So I brushed up my knowledge about Australian trees and was glad to get at least an idea, what a treefern forrest would be like. I love their wild, lush and acient appearance and wasn't sure I would be able to enjoy it in the wild. (Later, it did made me laugh!) This impressive Cupressus macrocarpa from Canada reigns a part of the garden. Around it, there also are some shadow dwellers from other parts of the world like the Paradise Plant (now Justicia carnea) and Canna. ![]() Another recently finished feature of the garden is the planted volcano. Around it's base, there are still trees to be found - in this case the Queensland bottle tree. Climbing up and around the volcano, one passes more and more arid plants - not that much a real plant community, rather providing a picture of the idea. So one passes Mother-in-Law's Cushions (Echinocactus grusonii) from America and Tree Aeoniums (Aeonium arboreum) depicting lava flows. The crater is filled by a lake with floating islands. These islands are an experiment of natural water clearing, but may need some fixing - or more time. ![]() ![]()
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