The gardens are located on the Sturt highway around 4km west of Port Augusta. The Bluebush Cafe is very popular, with a good comprehensive menu. Sunset dinners are available Oct through Dec, or a relaxing Sunday breakfast / brunch. We enjoyed a pancake, with Quandong ice cream and Quandong sauce, finishing with a very nice cheese and fruit platter, enjoying the views along with the air conditioning. The cafe is of a modern design with exposed tubular steel arch supports, the floor is concrete inlayed with small stones, walls of wood and ply. Tables wooden with chrome supports, the dining chairs are black with chrome legs. The colour scheme of the Cafe is earthy, with some light bottle green walls. The building is designed to maximise views, of the gardens and the magnificent back drop of the Flinders ranges, while you relax and enjoy your desired food preference. The gardens are festooned with plants and shrubs, this time of the year many in bloom, most travellers would be unaware of the existence of many of these species. Great to view Sturts Desert Wild Pea in flower, the tracks are well signed, along with every plant and shrub which number in their hundreds. The back drop to the gardens are the Flinders Ranges beckoning you to drive over. A very memorable, relaxing visit. read more

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