Botanic Gardens & Urangan Pier - Hervey Bay

Yesterday we drove to a town just north of Maryborough called Aldershot to have lunch with other friends whom we hadn't seen for a while. Then this morning we had a sleep-in and after a late breakfast went for a walk around the botanic gardens which are right next door to the caravan park we are staying in. The weather so far has been perfect - a bit warm but there is a beautiful breeze coming in off the ocean.

Me on the bridge which leads to an island in the middle of a lagoon where they have a stage.
One of the cycads with a big knot of new growth in the centre of it.
Kindy nap time for one of the ducks....LoL....they are so quiet that we were able to walk right up to them and they totally ignored us.

Well now I am going to bore you with orchid photos. In they orchid house I just couldn't resist taking photos. Everywhere you looked there were more orchids. Tiny little native ones which were hiding and ones that cascaded down. Some had the most beautiful perfume. These are just a few of them.

Then in the afternoon we went for a walk along the Urangan Pier. This pier is over 860 metres in length. It used to me much longer when the ships berthed there but over the years the last 200 or so metres has been demolished and it is now used mainly by walkers and fishermen.

This pelican was hanging around near all the fisherman just hoping that something might fall his way.
Walking back towards Urangan.