Days 21 and 22: Arrival in Perth and a walk in the Botanical Garden

I arrived at the Parmelia Hilton in Perth's CBD aka City Centre to find that I had come down in the world, so to speak, from a 48th floor room with a view in Melbourne to a 6th floor room in Perth with not much of a view at all.



To be fair, there is not a lot to complain about at our base in Perth. The problem is that the Sofitel in Melbourne is a very hard act to follow.

On our first full day in Perth, we set off for a city sightseeing tour, which began with a walk around Kings Park, where the West Australia Botanical Garden is located. Thankfully the intense heat, which had assaulted our senses on arrival in Perth, had lessened considerably, so the experience was wonderful.















Sadly my knowledge of plant names is sketchy, but I do know that the first and last photos both show a type of eucalyptus.

Excellent information was provided about the way aborigines used plants, for food, fuel, medicine and for creating household articles.






How incredible it seems, now that the aborigines' culture and knowledge have been recognized, that they were for so long considered to be ineducable.

We went on a treetop walk above the garden, which was also amazing. This view is taken from the Swan River.



As we walked around this amazing garden I couldn't help thinking what a fabulous
place it would be for a school outing. It brought back so many memories of walking down to the Jardin Botanique with different Class 2 groups.



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