Australia October 2017 - Cairns Botanic Gardens

After our amazing morning on Green Island, we decided on a visit to CairnsBotanic Gardens in the afternoon.   There were a lot of tropical plants (obviously - we were in the tropics!), and it was very 'lush'. Several of the plants I saw are grown as houseplants here in the UK.


























































Can you seethe butterfly?
 





 


 










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