Wildflower verges - Albany to Jerrumungup – Western Australia 19-09-2014

Rose Coneflower (Isopogon formosus)

Paper Flower (Sphenotoma dracophylloides)  Really ! Just a beautiful plant

 A pretty ground hugging plant with feathery leaves  (Pultenaea verruculosa)

Bell Fruited Mallee  (Eucalyptus pressiana)

Wallaby with unusual forehead marking!

Ashram at Tambellup - Southeast of Perth - Western Australia 15-09-2014

The Ashram Hall

Old Flooded Gum - Aboriginal name Moja  (Eucalyptus rudis)

Flooded Gum blossoms.

Mature Jam Tree – Aboriginal name Manjart (Acacia acuminata) When cut, the wood smells like jam!

Jam Tree blooms.

The Ashram creek, a tributary to Gordon River.

Young red flowering Gum – looks like Dowerin Rose.


Paperbark Tree some 300 years old and still magnificent.

Our camp at the Ashram.

Toodyay to Congelin Camp within Dryandra Woodland – WA 13-09-2014

Old advertisements at Toodyay.

 

Old Brookton Railway Station


Leafless Orchid ?  (Praecoxanthus aphyllus)

Exotic crocuses.

Another variation of the Cowslip Orchid.

Crimson Spider Orchids

Forest Mantis Orchid (Caladenia attingens)

Blue Lady Orchid (Thelymitre crinita)

Vanilla Orchid (Thelymitra antennifera)

Western Australia Felted Flower.

Southern Boobook ! Lucky to see this lovely bird as it roosts by day in dense foliage.

Wannamal School Site east of Gingin - Western Australia 11-09-2014

 
Pincushion Coneflowers  (Isopogon divergens)                                                                  

Purple Pansy Orchids (Diuris longifolia)

Wax-flower (Chamelaucium uncinatum)                                        Mangles Kangaroo Paw

Grass Trees (Xanthorrhoea preissii) Aboriginal name Balga


Mosaic Art picnic table at Wannamal School Site.

Wildflowers at Badgingarra Reserve – Western Australia 10-09-2014

Winter Donkey Orchid                  Sundew Flowers  

Evelasting daisies.

 

Blue Lady Orchid  (Thelymitra crinata)                                           Cowslip Orchid

Yellow Kangaroo Paw

Winjardie Creek

Everlasting everlastings!

 

Silky Net-Bush (Calothamnus villosus) 

The beautiful  (Petrophile brevifolia)

Sundew flowers and everlasting daisy behind.

Sundew flowers in bud.

Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo   We were lucky to get this shot, although they are fairly common in this region.

Once common in Western Australia, sadly in the last 50 years have been reduced by 50% owing to loss of habitat. It is now listed in WA as rare and likely to become extinct, however there a Birdlife Recovery programme that began in 2004.

A great head shot! Courtesy of  http://birdlife.org.au