In the morning at our accom the rabbits of the night shift made way for the day shift – Common Bronzewing pigeons.

Gull Rock National Park is just east of Albany. It contains the largest known stand of Scarlet banksia (Banksia coccinea) that exists within a priority ecological community found in the park.

This banksia is special to us so I will indulge on one species to show its beauty.

They are at their seasonal peak flowering now.

These were in our wedding bouquet so it was great to finally see them in the wild.

There are many other exquisite colours and shapes in the bush here.

Spider orchid

Leptospermum

Wattle

Southern Cross wildflower (Xanthosia rotundifolia)

Beaufortia orbifolia

Ledge Beach at Gull Rock National Park

View east from Ledge Point

Banksia praemorsa in Gull Rock National Park

Bobtail skink was on the road at great risk to iytself. Sadly they are a common roadkill.

We saw it safely into the scrub.

Another Tiger snake – Two in two days!

This one was crossing the road at Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve

Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve has granite coastal scenery and is home to some of the State’s most threatened animals – the critically endangered Gilbert’s potoroo and the endangered noisy scrub-bird, both of which were presumed extinct until being rediscovered at Two Peoples Bay.

Looking across Two Peoples Bay to Mount Manypeaks.

Little Beach

Waterfall Bay

Kookaburra at Two Peoples Bay. Kookaburras are not native to WA. They were introduced in 1897 to control snake numbers.

Sand dunes in Two Peoples Bay NR at its western most point.

Another roadside wildflower stop on the way back to Albany

Another species of Beaufortia

The Albany daisy (Actinodium cunninghamii)

Nanarup Beach

Sunset over Nanarup Inlet