The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers 2009 starts on the 18th September and goes for a week or so. As Queensland has just had a hot spell, we decided to miss the crowds and visit the festival gardens early. The flowers this year are spectacular, considering that the whole region is on Level 5 water restrictions.

We visited the two main parks, as well as the Japanese Garden and Spring Bluff station. One interesting feature of this collection is the contrast to the previous photos that we took in February 2006. In particular, the ... (more)