Fernvale is currently a 4 star accredited Queensland Tidy Town. Tell us what you think by voting in the poll – you can give a 1 to 5 star rating! History and Geography Facts Fernvale falls within the area formerly occupied by the Indigenous Jagera people. Just upstream from Fernvale is a significant archaeological site known as Platypus Rockshelter, a double chambered weathered cavity in conglomerate cliff, now largely inundated by Wivenhoe Dam. The site was excavated as a sa