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One of the many reasons people decide to take a locum tenens assignment in Australia is to explore its vast, untamed land, including its unique flora. And there's no better way to see what the nation's plantlife has to offer than visiting the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra, a region that has been called "A City of Flowers" since the 1930s.
As of July 2010, there were over 80,440 colorful and unique specimens from all over Australia filling the gardens, and thousands more get planted every year. This means that as visitors stroll through the garden's winding paths, they can spot some of the nation's most vibrant, rare and downright bizarre plants.
The garden also acts as a safe house for nearly extinct plants, where scientists can protect and study this precious flora before reintroducing them to their natural habitats. Also, the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research uses the gardens to conduct biological research on the countless plants housed here.