24th September. Yalgoo (find it if you can)

Left Geraldton 8.45am heading due east for the first time in 6 months. We were aiming for Mullewa, a Western Australia Wildflower noted area. It started off as a beautiful rural farming area. Huge wheat fields, some sheep and steadily changes to bush land with nothing but scrub.....then the roadsides started to be carpets of yellow or white flowers, there were some other patches of blue as well as odd bushes of purple, pink & red. We stopped at Mullewa and talked to the women at the info centre & they recommend we go 30k further to Pindar to see the wreath flowers as it's nearing the end of the season. Oh, it's one of Gods amazing creations.

There roots go down 2 meters and live after the flower dies. They are best when there has been some earlier rain & this year was a winner.

These were all in about a 500 meter edge of the road, both sides. Not in amongst the scrub but just on the roadside.        This is the Blue Pincushion.

There is another story attached to these photos.....the Wreaths are right on the roadside, but some of the others were further into the scrub.....I went in and was walking back, so pleased with myself, when......I steped on a giant ants nest.......they attacked me by the hundred, bighting my ankles and going up my legs under my trousers, my shoes were covered with them racing to get onto me.......the others standing nearby were laughing!!!!, I said, don't speak to me, Brian, open the van, I've got to get these pants off!!!, he shook them out inside out and right side out, heck what a fright. Lucky they don't sting & there are no reprocussions. Looking back it was funny but not while it was happening.

We had planned to stop at the free site where there was a sign 'Where the outback begins', however it didn't happen & we came to a nice little park $22 with power & water and lovely ensuites. Yalgoo. 

It's been football all afternoon, Doggies won & now Storm are winning. Brian is happy.

Tomorrow, another story.