Monday, November 29, 2010

Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens

When the big floods of 1974 swept through Brisbane, the City Botanical Gardens which is right on the Brisbane River was flooded. It was the eighth time they had been flooded since 1870 and the Brisbane City Council made a decision to create a second Botanical Gardens well above flood level, and so it was that a wonderful new area was created at the base of Mt Coot-tha.  

It is much bigger area, and a wonderful area now with the Planetarium, Art Gallery, Library, and Restaurant/Cafe amongst the many gardens and lakes.









 You can catch a bus to the Planetarium. From the city, take bus 471, or the Great City Circle bus (598 or 599) from various suburbs. For public transport information visit TransLink.
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