Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens in Brisbane boasts a beautiful Japanese garden created around a lake. Skillfully maintained by one of their qualified gardeners, it was a gift from Japan at the time of World Expo 1988 in Brisbane. After World Expo came to an end it was literally picked up and moved to it’s new location. Worth a visit if you come to Brisbane as is the rest of the Botanical Gardens with their enormous range of tropical and sub-tropical trees and shrubs Planetarium, and Greenhouse.