Sandy Island

We were here overnight. There are a handful of places that we will be docked for multiple days.
Today was an adventure to the Queensland Botanical Gardens. We hopped in a taxi for a twenty minute ride out to the gardens and picked up a map at the information center. Let the wandering begin!
Australia is filled with distinct species because of its distance from other continents. Plants, animals, and birds all evolved differently here than anyplace else. This botanical garden has different sections, one of which is native Australian plants and trees. What I found to be very interesting is that so many of the trees, even palm trees, have thorns on their trunks.
Another section was rainforest plants. Think Jurassic Park, and you can imagine it.
Our favorite section was devoted to flowering plants. There are so many tropical gingers, all with different blooms.
Our walk was intermittently rainy and extremely humid, so we were very damp all over, even though we had our umbrellas, so after four hours we called an Uber to take us back to the ship to change into dry clothes before wandering into town in search of UV bodysuit swimwear, both to protect from jellyfish stings and sunburn while we are snorkeling.
Our mission accomplished, we ended the day at Hemingways Brewery sampling a few of their brews. What a fabulous day!
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