This is on top of the Corrigin Roadhouse – home of the world record for the largest continuous queue of Dogs in Utes (1,527). This record-breaking event was held in Corrigin in 2002. Now that deserves a round of a paws. One of the farmers adopted a dog from a blacksmith. As soon as the dog got home, he made a bolt for the door.

Dog Cemetery just west of town highlights the importance and love of working dogs in the district.

The Corrigin Wildflower Reserve was a spectacular start to our wildflower adventures. This is a Verticordia.

Donkey orchid

Banksia

Dryandras

Another Dryandra species

Banksia

Blue Leschenaultia

Canola near Quairading

The No. 2 Rabbit-Proof Fence on Corrigin-Quaraiding Rd.

Unbelieva-bull effort! Bull sculpture “El Toro” in Quairading, another outstanding Jordan Sprigg sculpture.

Banksia prionotes outside Quairading

Pink pokers grevillea

Shackleton Bank – The Bankwest bank at Shackleton claims to be Australia’s smallest bank. Measuring only 3 metres by 4 metres the bank closed its doors from business for the last time in 1997. There is no interest here now.

We have seen thousands of galahs on the journey so far – these were at Shackleton.

Kokerbin Hill – third largest monolith in Australia

Another day in the Wheatbelt, another climb up the granite.

Kokerbin has its own wave rock – wipeout!

Some wooly jumpers.

Moulien Nature Reserve (low flat seasonal wetlands) on the Salt River

Kellerberrin Hill Lookout with views over the Wheatbelt

Kellerberrin Post Office 1912. Kellerberrin is a small town in the WA Wheatbelt. By 1897 Kellerberrin was sufficiently established to want an Agricultural Hall and an application was made to the government for a loan of £250. A member for the neighbouring Yilgarn electorate, was outraged. He described Kellerberrin as a place “where only a man, his dog and a dead kangaroo existed”.

So the town embraced this – welcome signs at each end of town on the highway.

Eucalyptus macrocarpa (Mottlecah) has the largest flowers of all the Eucalypts.

Flowers can be up to 100mm in diameter when fully open.

The gumnut caps are enormous too….

…as are the gumnuts!

Tammin – wheat silos. I tried to take a classic photo of a wheat field but it turned out too grainy.

Ringneck parrot at Tammin – this one an intermediate between the Port Lincoln and Twenty-Eight races – the small red feathers above the beak.

Ettamogah Pub at Cunderdin

Meckering – Big SLR Camera – this one is old but compliant – my camera can be a loose Canon at times.

Meckering Earthquake Faultline – there were many scars across the ground at the time of the earthquake in 1969 but it wasn’t my fault.

Fault lines at the time of the earthquake.

Into Perth very late in the day.