Wildflower Country, Western Australia

Among the many pleasures of visiting Australia is to experience first-hand it’s amazing flora and fauna — colorful flocks of parrots, bouncing kangaroos and wallabies, unusual egg-laying mammals, to name but a few examples.

It’s wonderful to see the spectacular display of wildflowers in Western Australia.  The region is home to thousands of species of flowers — one of the largest assortments of wildflowers on the planet — many of which are not found anywhere else.

The area is known as Wildflower Country.  On our last visit to Australia, we had the opportunity to visit the area in late winter/early spring, when the blossoms were at their peak.  For those from the northern hemisphere, the winter and springs months down under best for flower watching are between late July and early October.

Wildflower Country is inland, about a 2-hour drive north of Perth, encompassing a number of small farming towns from Moora in the south to Mullewa in the north.  You can explore the area by driving, hiking, or cycling.  It’s a scenic area, quiet and beautiful.

(Everlasting)

There are several scenic drives through the area, probably the most famous being the Wildflower Way, the most eastern route, which extends 309 km.  We drove this route and can highly recommend it.

Interspersed in this post are some of the many wildflowers we encountered during our travel through Wildflower Country.  Those few whose names I know have been identified, although most are not known to me.  But the colors, various shapes and appearances are unique, and many are beautiful.  I think Australia has a brilliant opportunity to market its plants around the world.

(Banksia)

(kangaroo paw)

(orchid, probably a cowslip orchid)

(Pink Poker)

( ?Australian daisy)