Royal Botanic Gardens
- Address
- Mrs Macquaries Rd
- Website
- Phone
- 02 9231 8111
- Price
- admission free
- Hours
- 7am-sunset
Lonely Planet review for Royal Botanic Gardens
The gardens were established in 1816 as the colony’s vegetable patch and are now Sydney’s favourite communal backyard. Signs encourage visitors to ‘smell the roses, hug the trees, talk to the birds and picnic on the lawns’. Take a free guided walk, departing from the Gardens Shop. A trackless train does a circuit if you’re feeling weary.








