Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
VISITORS' CHECKLIST
Mrs Macquaries Rd.
Maps
1 & 2.
Tel
9231 8111.
Tours
9231 8125.
@
Sydney Explorer, 200, 441.
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Circular Quay.
Martin Place,
St James, Circular Quay.
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8pm Nov-Feb, 7am-6:30pm Mar
Oct, 7am-6pm Apr & Sep, 7am-
5:30pm May Aug, 7am-5pm
Jun & Jul.
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7
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10:30am
daily,1pm Mon-Fri (not Jan-Feb).
Tropical Centre
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10am-4pm
daily.
www
.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au.
Macquarie Wall
In 1810, work began on
this 290-m (950-ft) long
wall intended to separate
the convict domain from
the town's “respectable
Class of Inhabitants”.
Only a small section
remains standing today.
Choragic Monument
(1870)
This replica of the eponymous statue
of Lysicrates in Athens was carved
in sandstone by Walter McGill.
0 metres
200
0 yards
200
Mrs Macquarie's
Chair
Cadi Jam Ora
, a
bush tucker display,
features native
plants that would
have grown on the
site prior to colonial
settlement.
.
Australia's First Farm
It is claimed that some Middle
Garden oblong beds follow
the direction of the first fur-
rows ploughed in the colony.
STAR SIGHTS
. Australia's First
Farm
.
Herb Garden
. Palm Grove
National Herbarium
of New South Wales
Over one million dried plant
specimens document biological
diversity. The charting of new plants
provides essential information for
conservation decision making.
Wollemi
Pine
. Sydney Tropical Centre
