Canberra Day 2 - Visit to the Arboretum

A drizzly wet day.  We went for a drive and then headed to the National Arboretum.  In this landscape the Arboretum is in the foreground.  Not a great image but the rain didn't help.
What is an Arboretum?
"An arboretum is a botanical garden devoted to growing trees for conservation, scientific research and educational purposes.
In time, the National Arboretum Canberra will be home to 104 forests of rare, endangered and symbolic trees from Australia and around the world.
The National Arboretum Canberra features 94 forests of different types of rare, endangered and symbolic trees from around Australia and the world. Two forests are nearly one hundred years old."
In 2003 this site was decimated by Canberra bush fires so the decision was taken to make special use of it.  I didn't expect it to be all that interesting but next time I go to Canberra I will visit it again to see how the trees have grown.  The trees are planted in plots of each specific variety which, we were told, is different to other Arboreta.