All the photos in this post were taken either in Cape Le Grand National Park (NP) or Fitzgerald River NP. I was really surprised at the huge variety of flowers considering we are outside of WA wildflower season. I cannot identify many past a generic typing, and even then I'm probably wrong. Most are very different to anything I have seen before.
Fitzgerald River NP was a lovely surprise - famous for it's Royal Hakea. It also happens to be one of the largest and botanically significant national parks in Australia. It is home to over 1800 species of plants - many found nowhere else. The Hakea looks like a tower of coloured cabbages stacked on top of one another, and they were everywhere.
Royal Hakea
Rugged coastal scenery Fitzgerald River NP
Western grey kangaroo - there was a small family of them near our campsite in Cape Le grand. We saw them everyday.
Grevillea sp?
My first malleefowl! James spotted 2 as soon as we hopped out of the car at an inlet in Fitzgerald River NP. Very exciting.
Hmmm...not sure about this one, but really pretty. I think it's a hakea species.
Again, not sure.
A little shrub with a wattle type pom-pom for a flower. But pink.
Banksia
These spiky ones
And some more
Another grevillea type?
Diversity
I think this is called Chittick
There were 3 biggish frogs in the male toilets at Cape Le Grand - they liked the mop bucket. Ewwww
A super friendly kangaroo
Seedpods on a medium sized tree - they look like underwater mines
One sided bottle brush ( I think)
Fitzgerald River National Park
Cape Le Grand beach - was our home and base for 5 nights
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