Wildflower Country

The next couple of days we spent looking at wildflowers. This area of WA in the Spring is stunning! We went through Mingenew and stopped at Depot Hill for a short walk to see a lot of everlasting daisy’s, blossoms, native orchids and many other flowers. Unfortunately Kieren & Miss E suffered with the pollen count! 

We then meandered through to Three Springs in search of the Wreath Flower – they grow by the side of the road but we couldn't find any in the area we were in. We did find a Talc Mine with a great view and lots of different rocks – chalk, bluestone flint and what looked like jade. We had fun writing on the big boulders and playing noughts & crosses.

We then pressed on towards Eneabba as we heard there was a mining camp with an open kitchen for travellers & a field in town where you could pull up for $10/night (including HOT showers & flushing toilets). The Miner’s mess was AWESOME (according to a certain young lad) – for $20 for the whole family we had a buffet of oven-cooked foods, salads & desserts served by the friendliest people we've met. Well done Eneabba!  We all enjoyed such a lovely meal and also talking with the miners – they must have a hard time staying trim with that banquet being served up every day!

Tessa now loves pressing wildflowers and is most put out when we are in National Parks where you can't take them! (Take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints!)
Today I told her she was becoming 'quite the botanist' as she correctly identified a few plants. "Bottomist!" she argued! "I AM NOT A BOTTOMIST!" (Although some members of our family would beg to differ after living in the confines of a caravan :P)