Not a trig: Great walk #4 - National Botanic Gardens

As I mentioned in the last post, I haven’t walked for a while. Probably a good month since I’ve done much at all to be honest. I had terrible lung problems for a couple of week, then for the last couple of weeks of term (and the couple of weeks since) I was completely and utterly exhausted! 2020 in a school took it out of me.

So around Christmas I started doing some short walks around my local area, trying to build my fitness. On New Year’s Eve, I ventured further afield. 

The National Botanic Gardens is a beautiful natural wonder just to the west of Canberra’s CBD, on the slope of Black Mountain.

My favourite part is the rainforest gully, so I started there. 

The rainforest gully is an absolutely amazing space. They have spent the last 50 years turning dry Canberra scrubland into a lush, cool rainforest,

and it’s gorgeous. On a warm day, it’s a lovely place to walk around.

From there, I walked to the rock garden, where there were lots of gorgeous water dragons sunning themselves, and a lovely little duck family.

I wandered around the gardens for a while longer. There is so much to look at, and for a keen gardener like myself, there is lots of inspiration. 

All in all, I managed just over 2km. Not a huge walk, but a lovely one. And it got the heart pumping. Perhaps one day I’ll combine it with the Black Mountain Summit Walk.