Eneabba orchids

Arowsmith Spider Orchid, in a wire cage to protect it from kangaroos.

A banded Greenhood

Blue Fairy orchid

Blue Fairy orchid

Donkey Orchid

Donkey Orchid

Snail Greenhood

Snail Greenhood

Geraldton

We've been in Geraldton a couple of days, catching up with housework and maintenance. The weather was warm and calm.

We've been here before and like the town. They have a fantastic museum that, among other things, tells the story of the Batavia, The memorial to the Sydney is the best memorial I've seen. And ongoing work and public art along the foreshore is very attractive.

A replica of the longboat that sailed from the wreck of the Batavia in the Abrolhos Islands to Jakarta with 47 people on board. All survived.

We left Geraldton as storm clouds gathered and the wind picked up. Within half an hour it was a gale. Luckily we hadn't planned to visit the fantastic heritage buildings at Greenough as we've been there before.

The famous leaning trees along the coast at Greenough. They are River Gums Eucalyptus camaldulensis browbeaten by years of strong winds.

Our safe haven at 'Westernflora', Eneabba with wind and rain but we're not on the coast.

More Northampton flora

On our way back south we stopped at several roadside spots where the Kalbarri NP joins the highway and closer to Northampton. There aren't any carpets of daisies but a number of the heath plants are starting to flower here and further south.

We had a delightful lunch at the Railway Hotel in Northampton with my cousin Valda and Kevin, her daughter Bronwyn and daughter-in-law Shelley, and her five grandchildren. It must be nearly 40 years since we last met.

Calothamnus

I don't know the species but the bees were loving it. When I first saw it I didn't think it was flowering - the flowers are brown and tiny.

Wattle

Native bee, on a Grevillea I think.

Our caravan, and some road-hogging mining equipment moving north.

Emu Bush

Hakea perhaps

Emu Bush

Hakea

Hakea

Hakea

Numerous white flowers that insects were finding very attractive. I could have spent a lot of time at this bush just photographing the insects.

Shark Bay coastlines

Shell Beach. Just one of the crowd.

Shell Beach

All of the islands in the area were harvested for the guano. They are now protected. Rock Parrots nest on this island off Eagle Point.

Boardwalk at Eagle Point

Monkey Mia

Monkey Mia

Dolphin at Monkley Mia

Feral goats on the red sand dunes at Monkey Mia

Whalebone Bay

Electrified fence to protect the Shark Bay World Heritage area.