Botanic Gardens

It was a lovely sunny day, so we took ourselves to the Royal Botanic Gardens.  This was the first time we'd been for some time.    The were lots of people out and about enjoying the spring weather.   We climbed Guilfoyle's Volcano (previously, we've only walked past it).  It was full of water, and there are floating islands.   We read that the roots dangling beneath the islands help remove pollutants from the water.  Of course the design of the gardens owes much to William Guilfoyle, who took over from Baron von Mueller (who is sometimes blames for the spread of blackberry in Victoria, but even if this is so, it appears that it had already been introduced).

Floating islands in Guilfoyle's Volcano

But I digress.  We had a pleasant walk and also had coffee and scones and did some people-watching at The Terrace cafe.

But, where were  the swans?  There were a few ducks and other waterfowl, but no sign at all of swans.

Bridal photography

Strelitzia

Vista

A few ducks - but no swans