Tag: wildflowers

The Big Backyard – Western Queensland 2024 – Day 18 – The Adventure Way

June 18, 2024

Driving before sunrise again for a big day. Lake Houdraman – located east of Quilpie The pelicans were up early too – they were directed here by the billboard. A Restless flycatcher was alert… … and hovering over the water weeds looking for insects. White plumed honeyeater Gum blossom near Quilpie White-browed woodswallows – there … More The Big Backyard – Western Queensland 2024 – Day 18 – The Adventure Way

Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 47 – Wireless Hill and Fremantle

August 27, 2023

On the way to Fremantle is Wireless Hill Park. It has a reputation for a very good range of wildflowers in spring. Red and green kangaroo paws are prolific. It is one of the few places near Perth where there is usually a good crop of the smaller cat’s paws.  Brown honeyeaters were quickly going … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 47 – Wireless Hill and Fremantle

Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 43 – Toodyay

August 23, 2023

Before I commence today’s blog – I have identified this beautiful insect as the Green Clerid Beetle (Eleale aulicodes) – a real gem of the kwongan heath. Thanks to GJ for the messages and interest. Toodyay’s historic main street – Stirling Terrace has many fine old buildings. Toodyay is derived from the Noongar work ‘Duidgee’ … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 43 – Toodyay

Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 42 – Kwongan in National Parks

August 22, 2023

We returned to Lesueur National Park and did the road loop through the park and the Gairdner Trail that circles a long rocky hill with some different species of wildflowers. Kingia in the morning light The Northern Queen of Sheba Orchid (Thelymitra pulcherrima) is listed on WA’s Declared Rare and Priority Flora List. We were … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 42 – Kwongan in National Parks

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

Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 36 – Pink Lake

August 16, 2023

Wildflowers on the roadside as we head for Meanarra Hill in Kalbarri National Park. Malleefowl trail at Meanarra Hill – we are usually good at finding wildlife but this fowl creature continues to elude us. Red Bluff Wittecarra Creek Beach . This marks the spot where Europeans landed in 1629. The ship Batavia was wrecked … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 36 – Pink Lake

Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 35 – Kalbarri NP coast

August 15, 2023

Kalbarri National Park (coastal section) – along the coast, wind and wave erosion has exposed the sedimentary layers in the sandstone cliffs that plunge more than 100m in places to the ocean. At Red Bluff there was a range of wildflowers across the cliff top heath. Eremophila Pine-leaved grevillea Caustic bush Donkey orchid Natural Bridge … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 35 – Kalbarri NP coast

Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 34 – Kalbarri NP gorge

August 14, 2023

Today we venture back into the Murchison River gorge section of Kalbarri National Park. Meanarra Hill Lookout with views over Kalbarri township and the Murchison River bar to the Indian Ocean. Bill E. Goat looking forlorn – the kids were out of control. The Murchison River estuary The road into the gorge was lined with … More Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 34 – Kalbarri NP gorge