Everlastings Trail: Wildflowers 4-5 Days

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4-5 days Everlastings Trail: Trail: Wildflowers Wildflowers3-5 DAYS Northampton Yalgoo

Geraldton Tardun

Coalseam Greenough Conservation 990 Park Mingenew KM Round tRip Morawa appRox. Dongara BRAND MIDL

AND Three Springs Perenjori Western Flora

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Carnamah Latham Eneabba Coorow Warradarge (Halfway Mill) HWY Green Head Wubin ROAD Marchagee Lesueur Mt. Nat. Pk. Lesueur Coomallo Nature Reserve Watheroo Dalwallinu Jurien

Badgingarra NORTHERN Badgingarra Cervantes Miling Nat. Pk. AT Nambung E Ballidu Moora GR Nat. Pk. Walebing BRAND

Piawaning Wongan INDIAN HWY Hills Lancelin New OCEAN Norcia Calingiri

G. N. Goomalling HWY Bindoon

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Highlights » The Pinnacles » Nambung National Park and other predominant National Parks famous for wildflowers. » Sea lions at Green Head » Dongara-Denison Heritage Trail » Fisherman’s Lookout at Port Denison » Mullewa’s murals » Morawa Museum: old gaol, courthouse and windmills » Native Flora and Fauna » Picnic at the man-made lake in Perenjori » Lookouts at at Buntine » Lookouts at at Buntine Rocks, near Wubin » The monastic town of New Norcia » The 76km Chittering Valley Wine trail

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Visitor Centres casuarinas over stories. The park is particularly on the Brand Highway between Eneabba and lovely in spring when many wildflowers put on Dongara. Eneabba is particularly well known for Mullewa (08) 9961 1500 their annual show. To the east of the highway is its wildflowers, with many varieties of banksia Dongara-Denison (08) 9927 1859 the incredibly bio diverse Badgingarra national including the unusually propeller banksia and the Cervantes-Pinnacles (08) 9652 7700 park. Set out on the two kilometre Badgingarra large magenta starflower as well as smoke bush, Jurien Bay (08) 9652 2425 Nature Trail, which begins west of the highway verticordias, hakeas, grevilleas, leschenaultias and Shire of Dandaragan (08) 9652 0800 near Badgingarra Roadhouse to view the best more. Further inland, between Mingenew and of the seasonal wildflowers. Overnight at RAC Mullewa, is the Coalseam Conservation Park. This Cervantes Holiday Park. park is true wonderland in spring when stunning carpets of white, pink and yellow everlastings Day 2-3 » Cervantes to Mullewa 315km Accomodation blanket the landscape in colour. The brilliant pink Continuing north you’ll find Coomallo Nature schoenia is particularly beautiful. Visit racparksandresorts.com.au Reserve, home to more than 200 wildflower or contact your nearest RAC species. You may choose to travel along Tootbardi Day4-5 » Mullewa to Perth 475km travel centre to book today. Road here and loop back to the Coorow-Green Look out for the distinctive shape of the wreath Head Road to reach Coorow. This cute country flower (leschenaultia macrantha) as you travel town is renowned for spectacular displays of through Mullewa, Mingenew, Three Springs and dryandra. Back on the Brand Highway turn west Carnamah on your return to Perth via Moora and Park Passes to reach Lesueur National Park. This park is the beautiful old monastic town of New Norcia. RAC members receive 50% off widely renowned for its incredible floral diversity, This drive comes complete with a rich diversity of National Park Passes. Purchase yours harbouring more than 820 species, including migratory bird life as well as enchanting masses of today at rac.com.au/parkpasses. many plants found nowhere else in the world. native foxglove and more carpets of everlastings. Cockleshell Gully Road provides great views of Finish your everlastings Trail journey by enjoying the the park. However, the park itself is best suited picturesque rural drive back to Perth along the Great for four wheel drive vehicles. You can view Northern Highway. Useful tips many of the species which adorn the park back Need a car? Hire a car through Thrifty car rental and save.

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