Our wedding anniversary is in September, and this year we decided to celebrate by taking a short trip to Perth, in Western Australia. Western Australia is known for it's wildflowers, and in the spring the countryside is amazing - or so I'd been told. So off we went.
Well.. early September is too early for the flowers as far south as Perth. Once we arrived we were told we were about 4-5 weeks too soon! The flowers in the north end of the state would be blooming now, but not so much happening in Perth.
No matter. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip, anyway - and on our first day there we went to Kings Park - an immense inner-city botanical garden.
Here's a little of what we saw there:
The flowers are called "Everlastings" - and their soft pink and white blooms make a lovely display in-mass (as below):
Kings Park has a lovely cafe and gift shop along the eastern edge of the hill where the park sits (there's a steep cliff along the eastern edge, which I had my back to as I took the photo below). The white umbrellas in this shot are those of the cafe.
The design of the gardens is fabulous - and the rich mix of colours was simply breathtaking.
In the upper left corner of the photo above is a very interesting orange-flowering plant. Here's a closeup:
And a few more of the yellow flowers with pink everlastings mixed in.
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