To Vancouver Island (via ferry from Tsawassen to Swartz Bay)!
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| Literally the last car on the ferry :) Car loading is very organised and efficient. Ferry is very comfortable, had a cafe, sun deck, and a small kids play area. |
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| Good views on the ride to the island |
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| The Victoria bug zoo is tiny, looks really amateur, but is surprisingly awesome. I held a tarantula, a giant hissing cockroach, a scorpion, and a huge millipede! |
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| Victoria reminded me a little of Hobart |
Butchart gardens is a major (if not the biggest) tourist drawcard for Vancouver Island. It's huge and beautiful, you could easily spend a whole day there.
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| Before (a spent quarry) |
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| After (a multi-million dollar tourist magnet). Note the cliff on the right now covered in plants. |
After Butchart we hit up the
Victoria Butterfly Gardens. Not bad, but I've seen much better at
Cairns (which has the advantage of being in the tropics). They import all/most of their butterflies from Costa Rica, which somehow seems more depressing than a butterfly farm where they are grown on-site.
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| E liked the flamingoes more than anything else :) |
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| An Atlas moth caterpillar . We didn't get a decent photo of the adult moth but they are massive, largest in the world! |
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