Tom Price mine photos (see “South of Broome” post)
Last few days of the Safari and Perth
Day 31: Hamelin Stn to Kalbarri At Hamelin Station near the Shell Beach we encountered our first rain in the early evening.What a shock after 4 and a half weeks dry days. A great feature of that day was the sights and features of Kalbarri National Park. Covering over 1800 sq km it features 2 distinctly different landscapes - wild bush land and rugged coastal cliffs. The dramatic gorges lined with red river gums, the slow flowing Murchison River and breath-taking vistas made the place a little magical. We have started to see more wild flowers although it is a little early in the season still . One unique tree that we love is the grass trees that are very common here. They have a distinctive spear-like spike that can grow up to four metres long. And their foliage is like a mop of long thin needle like leaves. Formerly known has “black boys” due to their purported similarity to an aboriginal man carrying a spear. They are very slow-growing - a tree with a 1 metre trunk is probably ...
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