Monday, 15 April 2013

Blue Mountains Botanic Garden – Mount Tomah 14-04-2013

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Braidwood Waratah’ (Telopea mongaensis) – could well be wrong on this!

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Ian Bundeluk Watson - Circle of Fire  2002 - depicting the Durag peoples use of fire for hunting animals. Kangaroo, witchety grubs, snake, lizard, cockatoo, echidna , possum and frogs.

Early explorers saw thousands of little camp fires from the Kurragong Heights not far from here.

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Rimu or Red Pine ( Dacrydium cupressinum) ranging from southern China to New Zealand, but not Australia. It is an ancient Godwanan conifer that has existed for over 70 million years.

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White topped Pitcher ( Sarracenia leucophylla)

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Acers – in glorious colours

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Fuchsia Heath (Epacris logiflora)

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Various Proteas – South Africa

They belong to the same family of plants as the Australian banksias, grevilleas and waratahs

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