Our weather hasn’t been ideal , rain spoiling Saturday , but clearing on Sunday , so we headed out to Point Vernon - another suburb of Hervey Bay .
The tide was out when we arrived at a park with a boat ramp , boats were being launched & retrieved , the water just lapping on the rocks - that’s one thing about Hervey Bay , Fraser Island shields it from the oceans swell , so no big waves crashing on the sand .
The boat ramp was just a slot in amongst the rocks .
It wasn’t untill we’d moved down further , that we saw the rock shelves - layers & layers of rock stretching into the water , and it wasn’t untill we headed back round the point that we noticed the rock shelves continued , nearly running east / west below Point Vernon and reappearing on the other side .
After lunch we headed back to Urangan , heading to the Hervey Bay Botanic Gardens . Not knowing what to expect , there’s an impressive entrance , then once inside there’s a Chinese Style garden . Guarded by 2 lions , you pass through the gateway and met with a white wall and viewing porthole , giving you a glimpse of the garden beyond .
There’s a water garden with rocks lining the edge and seating beside the water , a waterfall at the end of the garden keeps the water flowing through . There was also a water feature wall .
Leaving the chinese garden we walked down the other section of the park , grassed areas leading down to a lake & water feature .
The fountain also had it’s own rainbow , and was very impressive .
A bit further down the lake opened up some more , another fountain and some great reflections .
From here we followed some tracks through the native bush that seems to form a large part of the gardens . We found some flying foxes roosting in the trees beside the gardens , lots of butterflies & birds .
We emerged at the community garden nursery where they grow a lot of the natives , these can be used by the local residents . There was also a new area where turf had been recently been laid surrounding a sandstone edged maze .
That’s our day done , here’s a map link :- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ydEcUxrUFLELy-PZeuNhMGfIbhI&usp=sharing
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