Water drops in a fountain

Thursday 28th of July 2011
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Sunday, 17th of July 2011
Sydney City
I did not like the city of Sydney too much. The weather was mixed this day with clouds and rain and windy. It took me over an hour and a half to reach the city centre by train and car and I had to travel back the same way in the evening.
There is no point in trying to go there by car, parking is way too expensive up to 50 a day.
I used, as recommended by some people, the Sydney harbour ferry boat, only 5 $ to cross the whole harbour the Harbour Bridge and to reach the opera house. I walked through the Botanical Garden up to the old wharf area.
On my way back "home" to Cathai I had a burger at Hungry Jack.
I our shag we, Rowen and his father Manfred, had a nice fire in the chimney. Which meant a little warmth, like in a sauna, for the day which was cold an chilly all day.

Ich fand heute die City von Sydney nicht so aufregend. Das Wetter war durchwachsen, mit etwas Regen am Nachmittag. Ich brauche ungefähr 1.5 Std. in die Stadt mit Auto zur Bahn und mit der Bahn in die City und dann auch wieder den gleichen Weg zurück.
Mit dem Auto völlig sinnlos, Parken in der City: 50,- $ pro Tag.
Ich bin, wie empfohlen mit der Sydney Ferry, für 5,- $ (das ist günstig!) einmal durch den ganzen Hafen bis zur Oper und dann durch den Botanischen Garten mit einem Essenstop, bis zur Wharf und durch die City wieder zurück.
Auf dem Heimweg noch zu : "Hungry Jack" so heißt hier der Burger King. McDoof hat dafür gratis WiFi (Internet).
Heute gibt es Kaminfeuer in der Shag, der alten Holzhütte, in der ich kampiere, bei Rowan und seinem Vater Manfred, der 1960 von Köln emigriert ist. So ist es zur Abwechslung einmal nicht zu kalt und fröstelnd, sondern eher wie in der Sauna.

Friday 15th of July
Blackheath Mount Tomah - Windsor - Cathai
I left not to early, saying goodbye was not easy for me, but travelling is saying good day and good bye. Taking the back road to Mt. Victoria, Bell and then the Botanical Garden on Mt. Tomah. I had one nice guided tour and a light lunch in the restaurant with a great view over the valley.
No pictures, because no sunlight.
I made my way to Windsor, found some food shopping there and then I drove out to the piece of land where Rowan lives with his parents in a community.
It's a 120 year old shag with rough hacked iron bark timber. Open Fireplace, ancient too.
Some alpacas, ducks, 5 dogs ...

Schefflera actinophylla Umbrella Tree

Tuesday, 21st of June 2011
In the Botanical Garden in Adelaide
I had a free guided tour through the Botanical Garden for over 2 hours, which was marvellous. I really enjoyed it greatly. She was enthusiastic and thrilled. I picked a coffee later for a break and she joined me for a chat, nice. The sun came out eventually, at last sometimes and I could make some good shot, not many, but some.
The evening here in the lounge and kitchen area of the YHA is really nice with some company of other German kids hanging around waiting or looking for new jobs.
Today's lunch: noodles, ham, tomato sauce and salt, some tea ..

Saturday 4th of June 2011
Melbourne
I got up early, had a plain breakfast, just butter, jam and bread, toast, some tea to drink: fine. Got dressed, its quite fresh outside actually, with some wind all the time. The sun was out to day with some light clouds in between. Got myself a clean shave and a toothbrush and some fresh washed cloth. Packed a little food and some water for the day.
There are free and clean public restrooms at many corners and fresh water fontains to drink.
I walked peacefully through Fitzroy Park down-town to Federation Square and popped into sculptures made of Lego bricks.
I liked that even so it was all crowed with kids.
After that I had a break on the stairs in the sun. An walked over the Yarra-bridge to the Botanical Garden. I crossed a BMX Contest.
Passing some rowing boats walking green parks lanes I reached the Botanical Garden.
I took many shots even so the light was no good and mostly shaded too much. Nevertheless there are many beautiful and unknown plants.

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A botanical garden (or botanic garden) is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names. It may contain specialist plant collections such as cacti and succulent plants, herb gardens, plants from particular parts of the world, and so on; there may be greenhouses, shadehouses, again with special collections such as tropical plants, alpine plants or other exotic plants. Visitor services at a botanical garden might include tours, educational displays, art exhibitions, book rooms, open-air theatrical and musical performances and other entertainment.
Botanical gardens are often run by universities or other scientific research organizations and often have associated herbaria and research programmes in plant taxonomy or some other aspect of botanical science. In principle their role is to maintain documented collections of living plants for the purposes of scientific research, conservation, display and education, although this will depend on the…