Friday 8th of April

Today I stayed locally, and visited Cairns Botanic Gardens.

It started with a boardwalk through a rainforest. (Please note that this is in the middle of Cairns City!)

This vine looks like it is trying to strangle the poor tree!

A dragonfly is posing for me.

Look at the two "eyes" on the forehead of this dragonfly.

There was a tiny creek too! You know my love for water...

Absolutely wonderful!

Vines were climbing on most trees.

Well, it is a botanic garden, so there is a lawn too.

A wonderful flower! 

In the greenhouse: an amazing spider!

and another one!

and a lovely flower.

This flower looks like a small bottle, and is about 3 cm tall.

I thought it might be an insect trap, so I picked a small grass straw and touch its' inside, but no reaction.

So it is probably for containing water.

These black berries are hanging on a red twig from the palmtree.

Looks like a string from a necklace.

These vines were hanging down.

I tried to grab one, to see if it could hold me, but it broke easily.

A closeup of the vines.

This is a cannonball tree.

For obvious reasons. Look at the fruit.

I love the colours of this flower.

It looks like paper falling off this tree, and it is actually called a papertree.

In the afternoon I practiced throwing a boomerang I bought in town.

I threw it alright, but most of the times it ended up in a palmtree. Had to search a while, before being able to find it... :-) Maybe two pieces of wood attract each other...?

Well, you don't start as an expert, do you? It was fun to have tried. I will look for a larger and more open field next time I practice, to make it easier to find.