More wild flowers

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We left our lovely beach house early and headed south on the Brand Highway to Green Head, when we turned inland towards Lesueur Scenic Drive (within Beekeeper's Nature Reserve), with magnificent views. We travelled on a unsurfaced road for the first time. The exceptionally diverse variety of wildflowers and flora continues to amaze and delight us. Sue and Terry had visited before so were experienced guides. Photos below show a tiny selection of the plants. One of our favourite is Cat's paw but there were numerous Grass tree plants, Pixie Mops, Tea Trees, Purple flags, Geraldon Wax plants and hundreds of others. We also saw kangaroos! I spotted Emus along the way, in a field with cattle.

We had to head back to Mandurah as unfortunately the glove box in the car had jammed. The keys to the house were in there! Fortunately the Mitizabushi service centre were able to break in, but there is now some damaged to be repaired, but we got into the house.

We stopped at an unpretentious fuel and cafe stop in Badgingarra, where we bought the most delicious meat pies. We were surprised to find a Bobtail Skink/lizard in the ladies toilet! Strange place to find wild life!

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Photos

Leaving our accommodation at Port Denison
Outside the Rockpool beach house.

Winks and Sue at the entrance to Lesueur National Park
The beginnings of a fascinating trip

WA group of 'Grass Trees' at Lesueur NP
There were 100s of these, some with tall thin green flowers, which turn black when old.

Landscape at Lesueur
Such varied foliage

Beautiful, delicate flower
Banksia but we really not sure at all

Showy Scholtzia
We think this is the right description? It was beautiful.

Winks with catspaw
Another cat! You have to get down close to see these. They grow in such harsh conditions.

Pixie Mop detail
So cute!

Sholtzia
Or poss a Geraldton Wax? It is difficult to identify the flowers.

Banksia.
The iconic plant of Western Australia.

Kangaroos at Lesueur
They didn't stay around for long and hopped off into the bush.

Bob-Tailed Skink
Found in the ladies loo when we stopped for fuel and pies

Austrailian meat pie.
Well yummy!

Dried fruit dispensers at the mall in Mandurah
Part of an incredible display of options of fruit, flour, nuts, sweets etc