In January I visited a friend and colleague, Susan Buret, at her home in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. We worked on a collaborative video project but we also had some time to visit a couple of National Park sites in the surrounding area. The highlands are an area of striking landscape, a mix of mist shrowded rolling green farmland hills and little villages close to large areas of National Parks and reserves. Knowing my love of native flora, Susan kindly took me for a slow drive in one park where we saw what looked like ancient Banksias with gnarled moss laden bark, vibrant wildflowers and the skeletal remains of a wombat.The next day we took a walk along the escarpment edge of Fitzroy Falls pictured above. Again we saw some amazing wildflowers, banksia and a male lyre bird doing his song and feather display dance. It is difficult to show in just a few images the amazing diversity of flora and fauna in this area. I hope to return in the not too distant future to spend more time exploring this wonderful region.
Acacia elata
Banksia spinulosa
Lambertia formosa Mountain Devil
tiny native orchid spotted by Susan.
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What a wonderful place to visit, the view from the lookout is breathtaking! Some interesting looking wildflowers too, for me finding them is like finding hidden treasures.
ReplyDeleteWow. what a view. And plants too. It's like having your cake and eating it too!
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