To get to the Royal Botanic Garden, travelers can walk from the ferry terminal at Circular Quay, take the No. 200 or No. 441 buses or hop on a train to the Martin Place station.

You’re not alone – a recent analysis has just ranked all of the best gardens to visit around the world, and Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden came in at number 12.

Robyn Williams walks around the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney in the company of botanist Peter Bernhardt and horticulturalist Phil Pettit.

Sydney has been waiting for 15 years for a flowering at the Royal Botanic Garden. It will also be easy to miss — the bloom is off the rose, so to speak, in about 24 hours, experts say.

Cockatoos, Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney by John Short, Mixed media courtesy Solomon Fine Art Cockatoos, Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney by John Short They get up late, they hang around in gangs ...