• Alice Springs Olive Pink Botanic Garden

    August 9, 2025 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    After a light lunch in the Olive Pink Botanic Garden, I walked around the flora typical of the dry Red Centre.
    I saw a Black-footed Rock Wallaby with her joey, and a male Western Bowerbird building his nest to impress females. Other birds seen included; Australian Ringneck Parrot; Crested Pigeon; Galahs; White-plumed Honeyeater, and magpies.
    From an escarpment in the Garden, there was a distant view of the 3000ft Mt. Gillen and an overview of Alice Springs.
    Dinner at the Diplomat Motel was a kangaroo steak and date pudding.
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