Flora and Fauna of Western Australia, October 2006

I would welcome any viewers who know the names of these unidentified flowers and trees to please post a comment and help me out! Many thanks! Carol Graham gets the prize for being the first to help out in two instances! Terima kasih! (Bahasa Malaysia for thank you!)



W.A. had beautiful roses of every colour imaginable blooming in late October.

















Spinifex




One of the huge karri trees around Pemberton. Some are almost 90m high and about 400 years old!



Bird of Paradise


Vineyards in the famous Margaret River Area


Floral arbours at Voyager Winery, Margaret River






Moreton Bay fig tree in beautiful Kings Park, overlooking the city of Perth along the Swan River



Kangaroo statues in a park in downtown Perth




Kathie enjoying chili mussels at The Norfolk Hotel, Fremantle on the Indian Ocean


Peacock on Rottnest Island, 19 km from Fremantle by ferry



Quokka on Rottnest Island, one of the first marsupials spotted by Europeans, and found in abundance on the island. There are around 10,000 of them and being protected, have complete run of the place, including inside buildings! They are quite tame and look a little like miniature roos!


This is it, the real McCoy, the biggest highlight in the fauna section for me: a kookaburra sitting in an old gum tree! So it's not just in song in rounds beside a Girl Guide campfire! We found him en route to one of the wineries in Margaret River.


Roos grazing in the Gloucester Vineyards near Pemberton. They can be quite a menace in Spring when the buds start growing on the vines.


Pat with dinner in Busselton, bought fresh from the fisherman on the beach in Gracetown.


Lizard below our condo at Margarets Beach Resort overlooking the Indian Ocean.


Parrots in the wild, called gallahs


Crab



A real kangaroo in Australia!

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