Walking The Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden

Many moons ago, shortly after it was opened to the public, my girls & I did this walk with my mum.  The newly planted specimens were little, the garden raw, the sculptures brusque so while it was interesting & had great potential that potential was yet to be fulfilled. 

 Doing it this time reminded me how much time has obviously passed as things like the gum leaf seats & the stone sculptures have aged & weathered, fitting neatly into their surrounds.

 The infinity pool is an excellent example.  Last time there were great swathes of open ground waiting for the shrubs & bushes to expand & fill all the empty space.  The pool stood out like a sore thumb, raw & exposed, & the infinity symbol perched at the edge of the pool without meaning or purpose. So different now with the pool surrounded by shrubs & native grasses, the sculpture seeming to hang in the air & reflect in the water.

This is a big park with a number of different walks, none strenuous or taxing, lots of open space for picnicking & a huge variety of native flora, though we found the bird life  to be wanting.  We loved the fern walk.  Too dim for good pictures but very tropical & as so often the dense green creates a cool haven.

Sadly there has been little rain & the gardens were very dry & the creek beds valleys of worn rock  dreaming of water.