Stirling Range National Park has rugged peaks which rise to more than 1000m featuring stark cliff faces, sheltered gullies, magnificent views and a rich diversity of unique and colourful wildflowers. The park is home to about 1500 species, many of which grow nowhere else.

Donkey orchids

Cowslip orchid

King Spider orchid

Lemon scented orchid

Toolbrunup Peak

Kingia

Pimelea

Amazing landscapes in every direction

Range area with Bluff Knoll in the centre

Tinsel lily

Eucalyptus gumnuts

Banksia

Spider orchid

Spider on a spider

The intricate labellum of the spider orchid

Donkeys

Tiny Fringed lily vine

Bluff Knoll at a height of 1095m is the highest peak in the southern half of WA and one of few places in Western Australia where snow occasionally falls. Speaking of bluffs, my wife said she would get very angry if I kept singing “I’m a Believer” by the Monkees. I called her bluff and kept at it. Then I saw her face…

View west from Bluff Knoll

Bluff Knoll

Mountain pea (Gastrolobium rubrum) only occurs on peaks and higher parts of the Stirling Range

Blue china orchid

Pea

Eucalyptus

Tiny snail orchid

Grey Curawong Western Australian subspecies plumbea at Bluff Knoll

Tinsel lily

Beaufortia

Carnaby’s Cockatoos were feeding in the understorey.

Banksia blechnifolia

Red Leschenaultia

Mount Trio

Honeypot banksia

Mount Trio from the farming land north of the national park

Mantis orchid

Stirling Range from Salt River Road

On the edge of the national park, Carnaby’s cockatoos were gathering for the night.

Back into canola farms on the drive to Cranbrook and then back to Albany