The first picture is of some bush lands south of Jurien Bay just along the road. Most of the yellow that you see are wattle bushes and I don't know what the bush is with the white flowers but I think that is a smoke bush. I found something similar a flower book. You can see two bushes in the next frame of this same bush but a little closer.
More smoke bush
This a Banksia bush which has the pink and white cone shaped flower. There are many kinds of Banksia and some species will be blossoming throughout the year.
Common Catspaw
This is a type of Grevillea.
This is a Grass tree that has the flowering spike found in an area where we were looking for other flowers. They are really quite interesting so I am making a link that will let you know more about these interesting plants.
And now for something entirely different, the Pinnacles Desert south of Cervantes a town along the coast. These are limestone rocks that were formed as part of the typical limestone formation that resulted from the raising and lower of the ocean levels over millions of years. These were the harder parts while all around them the stone was broken down. It makes for quite the stark contrast of standing in this desolate area and being able to see the ocean just a couple of kilometers away. It is not a large area but it is very interesting. The National Park is called Namung.
There were no flowers here but the parrots Galahs were nesting in holes in some of the pillars so we were told. We saw a flock of them flying but did not see any coming out of the holes. We saw some Black-Cockatoos when we stopped further inland and in another park. They were noisy but it was great fun watching them landing in these small bushes and the bush top would sway under their weight.
It was a very nice trip.
