skylines from the beach and Botanic Gardens

This was the view from the beach when we walked yesterday
These were what we saw this morning when we walked at the Gold Coast Botanic gardens this morning.
A lovely place to walk when there was a raging south easter battering the beach, would you believe that in all the 30 odd years we have been coming that we have never been here. Adnittedly it really has only been developed in the last few years and there is still a lot planned.
I loved the bits of art that were dotted around, and the insects included this red dragonfly on a rock and water and water birds every where.
We have been doing a lot of entertaining, drinking and eating probably far too much but also walking, swimming and generally doing the things one only does on holiday and not at home.
The weather has been interesting, rain, hot and muggy, cool and blue skies a bit of everything while I think at home still no rain, not another drought year please.