Sunday, September 21, 2008

Avon Valley National Park

Some photos from a recent trip to the Avon Valley National Park about 40km inland from Perth. Wild flower season (Spring) at the moment and the place was absolutely beautiful.
This is the flower from some plant I have no idea what it is - very pretty though.

A few rusty things attached to a rusting thing! Not idea what it was in its past life, but the rusty stuff was cool.

This is the leaf (one of three) from a very small plant which grows low to the ground. Amazing that the little plant even survives in the rocky, non-water holding ground it grows in.

Absolutely LOVE gum nuts and will never have enough photos of them!

And a new kangaroo paw - not fully out yet, but very beautiful none the less.

A frond (maybe the right word). Beautiful (said that a lot of times)!

More flowers - this is some type of ground cover plant. Very cool.

This is the sap from an eucalypt - very dark red (looks like blood).

Some beautiful bark from gum trees.