Natalie, in Year 4, had a class trip on Tuesday, 11 March, to the Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens, 5 km from Batemans Bay, and I went as a parent chaperone. This is a botanic gardens that is specifically for plants of this region, the south coast of New South Wales. We were divided into two groups, and my group spent the morning learning about ecology and botany, and took apart a flower to look at the insides with a hand lens. The children were then able to plant some grass seedlings that will later be used for schools and other institutions that require a nice grass for slope stability. After lunch, our group was then divided into 3 smaller groups and each went walking around the grounds with a guide looking at different tree species, plants, leaves and flowers, and signs of animals (nests, burrows, holes in trees, and sounds). It was beautiful and familiar being in a forest, but the trees were all unfamiliar - no maples or oaks, not even north american pines or spruces. Just lots and lots of eucalyptus trees, of which there are hundreds of varieties here in Australia. http://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/community/gardens/index.html
This is a banksia flower, it's about 20 cm tall. http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s1164522.htm
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