This time, I’m going to introduce”Botanic Gardens” in Cairns, Australia.
There is beautiful nature and wildlife living there. We can go hiking in the gardens. There’re 4 walking tracks graded from easy to difficult. The tracks are called Red Arrow, Yellow Arrow, Blue Arrow and Green Arrow.
This time I chose to follow Blue Arrow which is a difficult one. The distance is 6 km and I needed 5 hours. I hiked with my friends. We started hiking at 10:30am. In the early stages, we saw a wallaby and a goanna. I was surprised because I’d seen them at the zoo only. The wallaby was cute and the goanna was moving in a funny way.
We had a rest many times. On the way, there was a nice scenery including the Cairns Airport. I watched some airplanes taking off.
We hiked in a circuit and the path was narrow and steep. Sometimes I was tired but we encouraged each other. The rain forest was very beautiful and listening to the flowing water was comfortable.
At 1:30 pm, we arrived at a turning point. The altitude was 325 m above sea level. The scenery was very beautiful. I felt a sense of achievement. We had some chocolate.
After we had a rest for about 20 to 30 minutes, we went down the hill. We chose to walk another path on the way back. We enjoyed a different atmosphere. We reached our goal at 3:30 pm. It was a very long trip for me but I was excited.
If you want to do exercise and be in nature, I recommend the Cairns Botanic Gardens. If you go there, don’t forget to bring water and a mosquito repellent spray.
Sayuri, Intermediate A
I read your great article! We share the same experience, because I went to the Cairns Botanic Gardens too. When I climbed the hill, I didn’t take any photos, but I remembered my feelings because of this blog post and your photos.