Sydney's botanical gardens are incredible

After walking around the Rocks, we made our way to the botanical gardens. Free to enter, and adjacent to the opera house and downtown, this place exceeded our expectations:

It was big, beautiful, and almost dreamlike:

It quickly became one of our favorite city parks in the world:

We all know there are hundreds of critters in Australia that can kill you. But after reading this sign, my paranoia increased even more, after realizing that even the PLANTS and TREES can kill you down here!