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Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Spring in the Western Australian wheatbelt

We have been away camping "out east" in the Great Western Woodland south of the Coolgardie-Kalgoorlie goldfields this past week, and I am still in the throws of doing post-camping jobs and organising my very full calendar this week. 

So just a short post from me today, but I promise images from our camping trip and the amazing wildflowers out there very soon. Watch this place!

On our return from our trip we stayed a couple of nights at my family's property in the central wheatbelt. The grain crops are looking amazing, and harvest will commence in the next 3 or 4 weeks. This is wheat in the process of ripening and drying off ready for harvest.




The wildflowers are also blooming along the road verges and in the bush blocks. 
Below you can see (common names only) - from top corner left - Featherflower, Dampiera, Cone Flower, Mottlecah, Flame Grevillea, One-sided Bottlebrush, Pop Flower, and Everlastings. 


The Mottlecah (Eucalyptus macrocarpa) is an amazing plant. We found quite a lot of it north west of Corrigin along Copestakes-Williams Rd and along the Corrigin-Wogerlin Rd. It is a very straggly spreading large bush/tree 1-5 metres tall. The red flowers are 5-8cm across, with a silver cap (you can see below) before flowering. They have thick, flat, silvery leaves 5-8cm long and 3-6cm wide. There range is from Geraldton to Jurien, Wagin and Moora.





The route through the central wheatbelt is on the way to the iconic Wave Rock.  Here's a fun video from UTube - Rocking Out on the Pathways to Wave Rock - 
That is is from me today, but I'll be back next week with more on our travels and the amazing spring wildflowers of Western Australia.

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20 comments:

  1. Out And About Global6 October 2015 at 14:44

    That Flame Grevillea is fantastic, what a beautiful plant. I am reading a book about bread and the difference quality/type of wheat makes in baking, so I am especially drawn to your wheat fields. Nice job.

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  2. Rae Hilhorst6 October 2015 at 17:52

    I love the colours especially the softness of the grey leaves x

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  3. Poppy6 October 2015 at 19:59

    Beautiful shots of your pretty Australian spring, with its fields of golden wheat and meadows of delicate flowers! Our bottle brush flowers are slightly different on Crete, but I can see the 'family' resemblance! Thanks for sharing the rebirth of nature in your neck of the woods, Jill!

    Happy Tuesday!

    Poppy

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    1. Jill Harrison11 October 2015 at 14:16

      ooo! I will have to look up Crete bottlebrush flowers!

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  4. NCSue6 October 2015 at 20:04

    Oh so pretty!
    We're entering autumn here. It's my favorite season for lovely colors but I do dread winter coming our way.
    Hope you'll join us at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2015/10/poor-little-birdie.html

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  5. Tanya6 October 2015 at 21:50

    Those wildflowers are so beautiful!

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  6. Sallie (FullTime-Life)6 October 2015 at 23:05

    The flowers are beautiful and the wheat fields remind me of where we grew up in the Palouse country of Eastern Washington State on the northwest corner of the US. So similar!

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  7. A Colorful World7 October 2015 at 00:06

    Absolutely gorgeous images!

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  8. fredamans7 October 2015 at 02:25

    Love how you captured the wheat!

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  9. Judith @ Lavender Cottage7 October 2015 at 02:43

    The eucalyptus plant is a fascinating one, pretty flowers.
    Thanks for linking to Mosaic Monday.

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  10. Lucy MacDonald7 October 2015 at 03:21

    Thank you for labeling the wildflowers. I recognize 3 of them, although I didn't realize that the bottlebrush came one sided!
    --Lucy from America

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  11. DrillerAA7 October 2015 at 11:53

    Very nice work. There are some compelling images here.

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  12. Linda Ekstrum7 October 2015 at 16:40

    What a great website and what a lovely flower. Love the contrast of the pink/gray.

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  13. Molly7 October 2015 at 23:07

    I love the field of wheat they are so beautiful

    Mollyxxx

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  14. Brenda Leyland @ Its A Beautiful Life8 October 2015 at 00:09

    Exquisite photos ... I'm partial to the wheat fields, being a prairie girl from Alberta, Canada.

    Wishing you a beautiful day...
    Brenda


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  15. Kathy Marris8 October 2015 at 05:56

    Beautiful Jill. You have captured the wheat fields perfectly. It reminds me of my cousin's farm in Victoria where I loved to visit when I was a child. I'm looking forward to seeing more wildflower photos as well. They are just gorgeous.

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  16. Rose L8 October 2015 at 09:25

    I always enjoy seeing wildflowers spreading their joy!

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  17. likeschocolate8 October 2015 at 20:54

    Lovely! Have a fantastic week!

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  18. Red Nomad OZ18 October 2015 at 14:27

    I'm such a sucker for eucalypt flowers - and some of the best I've seen are in WA (I know I won't get any argument from you)!

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  19. betty-NZ23 October 2015 at 16:22

    It's interesting how we are so close but our flowers are so different! Love to see your Aussie colors.

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