We had this botanical garden on our list from the beginning but once again the 2 hour bus ride would have been brutal whereas the 45 minute drive in the car was relatively easy. We parked and left the picnic in the car until we had a lay of the land. The longest trail in the park was just over a mile so it was nice and compact. We wandered about and got a bit lost. The map made the blue trail seem like it was going to go around the lake but it turns out that the lake is huge. That was our misconception.
the trail took us back the car and we retrieved the picnic and searched for a table to eat at. We found a bench and that worked out fine. So many birds were calling while we ate our lunch that we had to laugh out loud a couple times at the cacophony of calls. We took pictures next to the sculpture and then continued to explore. There was a group of nicely dressed folks filtering in and we saw that the amphitheater was set up for a wedding. A great day for a wedding.
This was our fourth earthquake that we have experienced together
A nice country road
Mountains in the distance
The trees on the ridge look like a bridge
A black faced cuckoo shrike
We think that these may be bat houses
The bats could drawl up the mesh and stay snug in the tube
These trees were wrapped in bromeliads
The bromeliads look like Christmas trees
Dragonfly ready for take off
We have lift off
Bunches of flowers
Vine city
Can you hear a hoo!
Puff the magic flower
This tree looks like a caterpillar
But no toast
The bark is supposed to look like a fired egg
Ginger but no Mary Ann
Web
Here comes the wagtail
Coots int he pond
Bald cypress knobs
Two cormorants and two turtles
A green path
Flowers of an endangered tree
The Friends of Noosa Gardens
Only three plant sales in the entire year
Egret and cormorant, the lake is dramatically lower than its normal level
The smoochy sculpture actually named "To Love and Cherish"
An olive backed oriole
The lake is low!
This may be the problem
There is a low spot in the dam
A Noosa Stone Sculpture Bequest
More tree houses
Maybe also for bats
It could us in the stone
These ducks were almost stuck in the mudu
It was a thin layer of water and a thick layer of slime
In came the pelicans
Elephant apples
Leslie lets her fingers do the walking
Stairs in the sculpture
It is a big piece of stone
More flowers
Palms
A lifebird, the Little Friarbird
Great pink bloom
Smells good too
What is this?
A wedding!
A great day and a great place for this occasion
The kookaburra agrees
Fungi
Wild man on a bike
Imagine driving past Image Lane
A fine castle, a bit out of place, but fine nonetheless
We stopped off at a fruit and veg market
Boy oh boy, did they have fruit
Apparently a JAP pumpkin is "just any pumpkin"
We saw several classic cars on the road, there must have been a classic car show
A little boat shed on the Maroochy River
