Gurulmundi State Forest
After driving for 47 kilometres, we finally arrived at the turn off to Wildflower Road. We’d already found plenty of wildflowers and were hoping to see more.
At first the road passed through open eucalypt forest. In the days before this area was a state forest, timber mills processed cypress pine, ironbark and spotted gum for use on railways and bridges. With the timber cutters long gone the trees now grow undisturbed, surrounded by Mauve Kunzia and Firebush shrubs.
A few kilometres further on the landscape changed, with the forest giving way to a vast expanse of leptospermum bushes, commonly known as tea tree. Although most of the plants had finished flowering, a few bushes were still covered in clusters of waxy white blooms.
For several kilometres we drove beside the Dingo Fence. Built in the 1880s, the 5,614 km fence still protects livestock from wild dog attacks.
A gate marked the boundary of the state forest and the end of Wildflower Road. As always, we made sure to close the gate behind us. We wouldn’t see any more flowers on this day, but there were a few historical sites still to come.
Gorgeous wild flowers. Always a bonus on any road trip. 🌺
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Yes, it’s always a treat to find a new one.
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They always warm the heart!
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Especially when they’re tiny flowers. I loved all the colours.
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Looks like a place I would love to explore!
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I’m sure you would enjoy this drive, Jude. You need to do it in spring. 🙂
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That is a super long fence! I love your wildflowers, Carol. 🙂
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It sure is long and it does a great job. The wildflowers we found were so pretty.
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I see that! 🙂
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Is that Geraldton Wax? I’ve bought some before and the flowers are so pretty 🙂
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They’re similar but not the same type of plant. Both very pretty.
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I love the wildflowers of Australia, and we have done a couple of road trips to see them in WA
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We saw WA wildflowers towards the end of the season. I would love to go again earlier in the year.
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I’d love having an address that included ‘Wildfire Road.’
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I think you mean Wildflower Road, Judy. Wildfire Road might not be such a good place to live. 🙂
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YES – I fat fingered that or spell check helped me out. Wildflower Road would be wonderful, and Wildfire not so much. 🙂
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Definitely!
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We have gorgeous wildflowers in Oz!
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We do! So many lovely colours.
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beautiful, and in awe of you searching for them
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We really enjoyed this day trip, Becky. It was fun discovering all the flowers along the way.
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