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Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 67 – Fitzgerald River National Park

September 16, 2023

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. … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 67 – Fitzgerald River National Park

Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 59 – Torndirrup National Park

September 8, 2023

Torndirrup National Park is a short drive from Albany with spectacular granite landscapes along a stretch of the southern ocean coastline. We stopped on the road to The Gap and found an assortment of beautiful locals. Coneflower (Isopogon) above. Blue China Orchid One of the over 30 named species of Donkey orchid in Western Australia. … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 59 – Torndirrup National Park

Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 41 – Lesueur National Park

August 21, 2023

Lesueur National Park is home to over 900 plant species – 10 percent of Western Australia’s known flora. There is as much biodiversity here as in the Amazon rainforest. We are now in the kwongan – a Noongar term for the sandplains with low bushy heath. The Noongar are Indigenous Australian peoples who live in the south-west … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 41 – Lesueur National Park