East of Margaret River Area

·         Pt Louisa (Greenhead)

·        Wando Reserve

·       Drummonds Reserve

·       Perth

·       Wellington National Park

·       Wrights Bridge

·       Windy Harbour

We thought we had our fill of Wild Flowers at Western Flora, but we were wrong, the plants at Mt Lesueur N.P. were another banquet to take in. The variety is so large that when you walk around the bush tracks you suffer from visual overload, as you are hunting for something new that you haven’t seen before and the odd snake, lizard or bird. Scrubby country but once you look closer the individual plants start to stand out.

Nice plant variety at Mt Leusuer N.P.

Painted Feather Flower

Limestone pinnacles

The Pinnacles

Our Gypsy life is going to take a drastic turn due to me getting a job at Lake Karrinyup Golf Club for 6 weeks.  The club require a groundsman to help prepare for the PGA International Golf tournament being played next month, so I have committed to a 6 week stop in Perth.

Lake Karrinyup front entrance

Now there's a head only a mother could love!
Sorry Di

As I don’t start till the 15^th Sept we are filling in our time camping in the southern regions of Western Australia. This is truly a beautiful area, lovely valleys with pastures, grapes, and little creeks.

Plenty of  creeks a flowing Had a bit of rain lately

We have been stopping at National Parks around the area, which give you firewood for your $7.50 each.

Camp site at Wrights Bridge

On our way south we stopped at a fire spotting station which has been built on top of a massive Karri Eucalypt. The fact that they allow you to climb untethered is bazaar and it was very spooky climbing in the rain.

Windy Harbour, it is windy. Nice walks amongst the Banksias. I caught a couple of Western Australian Herring off the beach, nice spot.

We have been really impressed with the Margaret River area -it is certainly a foodie and wine lovers delight.

Hooroo

Enjoy the Pics.

Fire spotting station on top of Karri 

Up,up we go

About now i am thinking.....

Male bravo!, she cant see me trembling

Don't look down

One big tree to climb - 52 metres

Native Kangaroo Paw

The flowers are really showy over here

Hooded Lily

The Banksias are awesome 

Menzies Banksia

Carnaby's Black Cockatoo

Back in southern Australia moss covered forests 

The bugs help pollinate plants over here

Splendid White Spider Orchid

Windy Harbour - D'Entreacasteaux NP

Plenty of this in Margaret River Area

Love the Karri and Jarrah forrests

Donkey Orchid

A little moss forest

Swan River Myrtle

Green Spider Orchid

I think a Myrtle?

Odd looking Banksia cone

Donkey orchid

I see you Western Grey

Cape Leeuwin

Splendid Spider Orchid

Ah the things you have to do when you rough it!

Wild Flower's,And more Wild Flower's

·       Northampton

·       Coronation Beach

·       Ellendale Pool

·       Coalsteam Conservation park ( Geraldton)

·       Lake Indoo

·       Western Flora C.P (Eneabba)

It’s been nearly 6 weeks since the last time we plugged into power, we have been stopping at freebies, national parks and unpowered sites in caravan parks, we broke our run at the Northampton Caravan Park, (Being a Saints fan there was no point in having power). We have been reliant on solar and W A has not let us down. Up to date we have had lots of sun and only a little rain.  We drove through Kalbarri National Park (the start of wildflower country) to the coast and down to Northampton. 

Isopogon

Our camp at Coronation Beach (30 mins out of Geraldton) was quite pleasant until the wind got up so we decided to move on and try inland. Ellendale Pool (about 40 mins west of Geraldton) in the Wheat Belt Country was a beaut little camp reserve.

Coronation Beach (near Geraldton)

The wild flowers at Coalseam Conservation Park were absolutely brilliant. Carpeted sprays of bright coloured native wild flowers, something of a spectacle!

Wildflowers at Coalseam Conservation Park

And more wildflowers at Coalseam

Oh and more wildflowers

The problem at the moment is when you are driving down the road you can see that the vegetation on the roadside changes or something different catches your eye, so we stop and spend the next half hour walking around the scrub snapping pics of flowers (white, yellow, orange, red, purple, pink and brilliant blues) in bloom. Such variety in species and the orchids are an unexpected treat.

We had the pleasure to stop at a caravan park called Western Flora C.P.  What a wonderful experience for a couple of amateur native flower lovers. The van park offer a guided walk each night with the owner around part of the 140 acre natural scrubland and gives insight into the ways the native plants operate in their reproduction, name, aboriginal use, what animal feeds off etc. All inclusive of your $28 camp fee, a little rustic feel to the place, nice stop.

From  here we will do more wildflower hunting – just can’t get enough of all the spectacular colours.

Verticordia

                                

Calothamnus

Eremophila

Drosera stolonifera

Macrocarpa (there is one of these at Weeroona College)

Catspaw

Spider Orchid

Verticordia

Wreath Flower

Lechenaultia 

Flame Grevilla

Donkey Orchid

White Checked Honeyeater 

Spider Orchid

Calytrix