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Bororong Wildlife Park
Animals from around Tasmania can be seen and heard here. Brighton.
Royal Tasmanian
Botanical Gardens
The
Royal Tasmanian Botanical
Gardens are within
walking distance, about
two kilometres north
of the city centre.
There is a path running
beside the railway which
leads to the lower entrance
to the gardens and which
will avoid walking along
the main road. These
gardens were established
in 1818, only two years
after Australia’s
first botanical gardens
in Sydney, and they are
some of the most pleasant
gardens in the country. A world first is the Subantartic Plant House which creates an environment for plants from the subantartic to survive. A panoramic mural by John Lendis illustrates Macquarie Island where the plants were collected from.
St. David's
Park
St. David's Park was once a
graveyard and there are still tombstones dotted about it which make interesting
reading. Considering its proximity to the city centre, it is a very pleasant
little park in which to relax for a few minutes. Corner of Sandy Bay Road and Davey Street. |
