Address & Contact Edit
Rockhound Road
Sapphire Qld 4702
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Web: https://www.chrc.qld.gov.au/about-council/news/discover-new-sapphire-gemfields-wetlands-reserve
The reserve consists of 98 hectares of bushland, which is
home to an abundance of wildlife and is a bird watcher’s paradise. Fourteen hectares of the reserve are seasonal wetland, which is
home to the endemic fairy and clam shrimp.
The reserve’s
carpark is located approx. 600 metres along Rockhound Road on the left hand side. Please park in the car park and enter through the decorative
gate. Follow the signs for approximately 500 metres to the viewing platform.
Walking tracks and cycling tracks, seating, a restored historic fossicker’s
home, a boardwalk and bird watching hide. The dwelling was built by one of the original residents to the
Sapphire area, the Dove family, and is a unique glimpse into the way miners lived.