The Royal Botanic Gardens is located very near the city center. Public transport on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day was free, so we took the opportunity. I half expected the trams to be jam packed with people taking this opportunity. Surprisingly, empty. I have been wanting to go to the RBG for so long, but never found the right time to go. So since we have a visitor, no more excuse not to visit. I was feeling excited!
The Shrine of Remembrance is just next to the RBG. I didn’t realize they built such a huge shrine. It was closed on Christmas Day, so we just enjoyed the exterior of it.
Great place for cool poses.
I know this is not appropriate, but we couldn’t resist doing the bollywood pose behind these pillars.
The view of the city from the Shrine of Remembrance:
And there’s this really cool statue of a soldier. He really looks like a manga character….. very very macho!
I would say this Shrine of Remembrance is a must visit in Melbourne. I will surely come again, and plan a picnic in the RBG.
The RBG is just next to the shrine. I had my share of reading maps when we went to Phillip Island. I found out that I’m a pretty good map reader! :> RBG is a very very big park. So this time, I gave Mathias the opportunity to read the RBG map.
To cut the story short without going in the details:- Not all women are bad map readers!
This place is a really really nice place for a picnic. I need to get myself a picnic mat!
VikTor couldn’t resist the soft green lawn again.
Picture below is me sitting in the herb garden.
And these 2 scientists trying to figure out the sun dial in the herb garden.
We walked a total of 1.5km in the RBG. Extremely tired!
