Botany Bay, the first landing place in Australia by the British in April 1770 was named because of the large variety of new plants found there by the ship's botanist Joseph Banks (who the Banksia's are named after).
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| Cabbage Palm - Livistona australis |
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| Dillwynia sp. |
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| Woollsia - Woollsia pungens |
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| Epacris sp. |
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| Old Man Banksia - Banksia serrata |
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| Ants feeding on the nectar overflow on Banksia. I didn't see the ants until the photo was cropped. |
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| Seed capsule of the Woody Pear - Xylomelum pyriforme. |
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| Pine Heath - Astroloma pinifolium |
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| Purple Twining Pea - Hardenbergia violacea |
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| Lomandra sp. growing in fork of a Scribbly Gum - Eucalyptus haemastoma. |
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| Not sure, one of the peas. |
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| Red Bloodwood flower - Corymbia (Eucalyptus) gummifera. |
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| Fruits of Broad-leaf Geebung - Persoonia levis |
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| Four Acacias. T/L Sydney Golden Wattle - A. longifolia
T/R not sure
B/L Sweet Wattle - A.suaveolens B/R Sunshine Wattle - A. terminalis |
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| Coastal Rosemary - Westringia fruticosa |
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| Wax Flower - Eriostemon sp. |
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| Pigface - Carpobrotus glaucescens |
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| Coast Banksia - Banksia integrifolia |
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| no idea |
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| Fuchsia Heath - Epacris longiflora |
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| And of course, whales. |
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