Schlagwort: tea

Water drops in a fountain

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Thursday 28th of July 2011
Toowoomba City | Botanical Garden | Queens Garden | East Creek ...weiterlesen "Toowoomba – City – Botanical Garden – Queens Garden – East Creek"

This is simple, it's just me

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Thursday, 14th of July 2011
Blackheath - Wentworth Falls - walking
Today I take it easy, walking slowly because I am a little sour from my previous hikes up and down the sandstone cliffs here in the Blue Mountains.
So I made my way to Wentworth Falls by car on a busy street. I missed the exit three times, but finally I found the right one.
On my way down the cliffs I met a young German student, Swen and we where chatting all along the gorgeous National Pass trail until I descended to the Wentworth pass which was filled with really steep steel ladders and stairs. So I spend my lunch at Wentworth Falls base and made some great shots, even so there is not much sun down this southern walls. Back to the way up, I decided to do the National Pass again, this time looking and no "bla bla bla" and walking back the Under Cliff Pass. Great decision!
Nice recommendation of some people, to be here.
Back to Conversation Hut, I had a nice tea and one cake.
The evening I spend on the computer, picture downloading and checking, emailing, couch-surfing request ...
And I do not forget to mention my hosting family, which made a good tasting dinner and some conversation as well, not going into details, which are private.

Burrendong Lake panorama view

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Monday 11th of July
Dubbo - Wellington Caves - Burrendong Arboretum - Blackheath
Early up in the morning quick shower and laundry, same breakfast as always.
Hitting the bus for my co-couch-surfer at nine and off I went from Dubbo. Heading to Wellington accidental following the street signs to: Wellington Caves & Phosphate Mine

The complex comprises two show caves; The Cathedral Cave , The Garden Cave, and a series of smaller caves. These include the recently rediscovered Water Cave and the challenging River Cave, which are open to only the most experienced cave diving enthusiasts. The complex also includes The Phosphate Mine.

The cave is really worthwhile visiting, much bigger than Rose Margaret Cave in Victoria. Maybe I visit the Jenolan Cave as well, being here.
After that I followed the scenic route and found:
Burrendong Botanic Garden & Arboretum

Burrendong Botanic Garden and Arboretum was established in 1964 and covers approximately 167 ha. It is dedicated to the preservation and conservation of Australia's unique and incredibly diverse flora.

There's more to Burrendong Botanic Garden and Arboretum than just plants on show! Here you will experience Australian flora like never before!

It got almost dark before I hit Blackheath and I checked my host and found out, that I missed to confirm my arrival! Lost, no address, nowhere to stay, I send my confirmation, but too late.
I just went into 'The Gardeners Inn'
and had a tea and some dinner, quite good, but costly. Very noisy and chilly with all these holiday tourists. I got a sofa seat later in front of the fire place and then everything was ok!

Pittosporum phylliraeoides Native Apricot

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Sa. 02nd of July
Broken Hill
We where up late chatting away the morning, had some tea, toast.
We meet Glen at the Old Day Dream Mine and did the underground tour, which was worthwhile.
I drove up to the "Living Desert sanctuary" and took some shot.
Got the Sturt Desert Pea so.
We had a delicious Dinner at night with some friends of our hosts.

Schefflera actinophylla Umbrella Tree

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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 ..

Umperthon sink-hole in Mount Gambier

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Sunday 19th of June 2011
Mount Gambier
I visited the Umperthon sink-hole by push bike I could hire in the public library for free. But it had a flat tire right there, so I walked all the way back and decided to read magazines until it was time to move.
Sitting in the library I had a tea and some reading in a magazine about stray bail houses and energy efficient reconstruction of old small houses.
Raining like hell outside at the moment.
The bus comes 14:45 I got to move soon.

Sonntag, 19.06.2011
Mount Gambier - Adelaide
Jetzt bin ich etwas frustriert und aus dem Konzept, da ich den Zug heute verpasst habe, ich hatte 12:30 pm als Mitternacht interpretiert, aber es soll wohl Mittags gewesen sein.
Jedenfalls sitze ich jetzt hier in Adelaide mindestens 3 Tage fest, da der nächste Zug erst dann wieder fährt und die Frage ist auch noch, ob ich überhaupt umbuchen kann.
Keine Ahnung was ich jetzt die nächsten Tage mache ...

Category description

Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. It has a cooling, slightly bitter, astringent flavour which many enjoy.
The term herbal tea usually refers to infusions of fruit or herbs containing no actual tea, such as rosehip tea or chamomile tea. Alternative terms for this are tisane or herbal infusion, both bearing an implied contrast with tea. This article is concerned exclusively with preparations and uses of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis, the Minnan word for which is the etymological origin of the English word tea.
Camellia sinensis is an evergreen plant that grows mainly in tropical and sub-tropical climates. Some varieties can also tolerate marine climates and are cultivated as far north as Pembrokeshire in the British mainland and Washington in the United States.
Tea plants are propagated from seed or by…