But it was interesting and there are good informative signs here and there, and we all learnt something (except for my children, who were off on an all-day playdate, which is why we got to read the signs in relative tranquillity). I just loved the statue of a thorny devil. It's about four feet high and luckily not life size (they are only about six inches long) but such a cool animal.
Here is a photo of me, with my brother, sister in law and nephew. We are a fairly tall family - I have heaps of wedding photos with my side of the family, where I look like a perfectly normal person; and then with my husband's side of the family, where I look like Andre the Giant in ivory brocade drag.
We had lunch in the cafe afterwards; sitting outside under the trees which was all very lovely until my husband got crapped on by an enormous currawong. It was like being pooped on by a small dog. From a height. Oh, how we laughed and laughed ...
Never mind the ivory brocade - the first thing I thought when I saw your gorgeous cardy was 'that looks like a Kaffe Fasset stripe', love it.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to be a tall person. I am a person who feels a normal size till I see myself in photos beside my tall husband and medium height children, at which point I look like a gnome. Ah well.
ReplyDeleteYour Botanic Garden (or, this bit of it) could not look less like ours. Looks like a different planet. And we have no currawongs, which I have never heard of. Our Botanics has squirrels and pigeons.
'andre the giant in ivory brocade drag' - i can't stop laughing! remember him in the princess bride? 'anybody want a peanut?'. heeheehee. and i sympathize with your hubby. i remember walking through lincoln park zoo in chicago and a pigeon crapped on my head. that was the one and only reason that i jumped in the frigid water of lake michigan! had to wash that out of my hair! yuck!
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