Port Hotel at Hopetoun

Scarlet banksias in bushland near Hopetoun

Conostylis

Banksia flower spike in closeup

Clematis vine

Four Mile Beach in Fitzgerald River National Park

Royal hakeas. Fitzgerald River National Park has 1100 named species of plant of which 36 are endemic to the national park and 275 endemic to the Eyre Botanical Province.

Billy Ray was a bit disappointed he didn’t have a beach.

Lagoon at Mileys Beach

West Beach has a mix of metamorphic rocks – it was a gneiss place.

Birds Nest banksia (Banksia baxteri)

“Huh (Because I’m happy), Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof, (Because I’m happy), Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth. (Because I’m happy)….”

Trigger plant

Road near Hamersley Inlet

Hamersley Inlet

Cats paw

Correa

Pea (Fabaceae)

Banksia lemannia – an upside down banksia

Colours of the Royal hakea

Isopogon – coneflowers

Bell-fruited mallee

“A whole new world; A new fantastic point of view; No one to tell us no or where to go; Or say we’re only dreaming…”

Sepulcralis Hill named after the delicate, weeping gum tree (Eucalyptus sepulcralis), which grows in the quartzite ridges.

Drive through northern part of the park.

A greater variety of Eucalyptus are away from the coast.

The Barrens

Climbing fringed lily

Every banksia has its own character like this Picasso styled one.

Boronia

An Australian kestrel looking for an evening meal on our way back to Hopetoun for another night.