My YouTube Channel has the best of the Great Barrier Reef stuff, because video comes out better than pictures in water full of sediment. However, the pictures from the butterfly garden are better than the video, so I wanted to do an entire post just to show off the butterfly pictures. The butterfly garden in Kuranda has a building full of caterpillars, so you can see what the juvenile butterflies look like.
The main building is the garden, which is full of all kinds of amazing flowers and water features. I am sure most people would have been more excited by the markets and the shopping opportunities. However, I like watching butterflies. You can just sit down and watch them flutter around. If you hold very still, one might even land on you. When I traveled with the Renaissance Festival way back in my early twenties there was a butterfly garden at one of the fairs in Texas.
I used to love to sit in there and watch the butterflies. If I ever have a back yard again, I hope to fill it with flowers so I can attract butterflies to my yard. It was cheap, clean, and nice. Some of that time was just for sight-seeing. Some of that time was to visit my fabulous friend Shari, who flew up from Melbourne to see me.
Getting around South Korea was actually easier since the stops were announced, and the routes were posted on bus stops and inside buses. I did like the train system though. That was quick and efficient, and the stops are announced on the trains.
I did all the usual stuff, like visiting the shops in The Rocks and going to the Sydney Aquarium. It was lots of fun. Of course I love plants as much as I love fish which is a lot. So, the very best part was the Royal Botanical Gardens. I tried the Big Bus Tour since a roommate at the hostel gave me her ticket for her second day. I tried all kinds of food. Some of the best Chinese dumplings I have ever had, avocado toast, and some German pastries to name a few.
