Because it was colder down south Perth way, we decided to cut across Western Australia.
Photos are some of the things we saw that day.
Dongara, WA. Ficus Tree
Where the fly in, fly out miners live at Eneabba.
Do not know what this red flower is called.
Banksia past it's best.
Lovely to see farm buildings.
Taken as we travelled. Canola and Wheat
Hence we have the beginning of the Wheat Belt in Western Australia.
The map shows which way we came down from Geraldton to Moora - next post.
The map shows which way we came down from Geraldton to Moora - next post.
Wonderful scenery
ReplyDeleteWas lovely driving through there, very different to what we had been driving through..
DeleteEnjoyed :)
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DeleteAll the images are wonderful .
ReplyDeleteThe tree ofthe first image , must have great antiquity, it deduces by the large size of the trunk.
Kisses
That tree sure does have an amazing shape in it.
DeleteThe countryside looks great so obviously this area got rain when it was needed.
ReplyDeleteThe canola and wheat crops would be bringing smiles to the faces of the farming communities.
Massive trunk on that tree in Dongara.
The miner's " Fly in /out dongas" seem comfortable - tree shaded and naturally A/C-ed. Hope that this area has a good water supply ready in case of a bushfire - those trees would be pretty hazardous and the area pretty arid. Looks like it does need some rain.
Great photos
Colin
Irrigation, lots of it evident but rain too I expect at the right time..the fly in homes are small but they serve their purpose. Those ones in the photo look relatively new.
DeleteFicus don't like to be too wet..
Wow, that ficus tree is simply amazing! What a beauty.
ReplyDeleteAll of them in the street are similar and a good place to have a refreshment under in the heat of summer.
DeleteI love those ficus trees - they look almost human, as if they could get up and walk down the street.
ReplyDeleteThey do look like that :). There are several of them about the same size and the branches shade the road for shade in summer..
DeleteThat tree looks like great climbing material.
ReplyDeletePrecisely what I was thinking Monica. You must have been
Deletea tree climber like me. Nothing like replaying those
"Tarzan and Jane" series that preceded the matinee
movies!!! ha ha.
Colin
Makes me wonder how many children have climb it and got into trouble..
DeleteThe ficus trees are truly fascinating! Beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda.
DeleteThose fly-in, fly-out cabins are a bit sad. No life for them. Work, work and work. I know the money is (was?) good, but still...
ReplyDeleteLove the ficus and the flowering plants.
No life at all for the fly ins and out. A lonely life in a away.
DeleteAmazing Ficus tree. Lovely country scenes and my favourite is the canola and wheat field.
ReplyDeleteLooks lovely together the wheat and canola growing, contrast in colours.
DeleteLovely bit of farmland there. Nothing like a farmland scene with yellow or golden crops. I love to see rape seed here in Europe in early summer. That tree trunk is remarkable!
ReplyDeleteLooks great to see the farmland after coming all that way and not seeing much farmland that grows crops. I should have asked someone how old the tree was. Not much happening in that place because we were very early in the morning..
DeleteBeautiful ficus and flowers!
ReplyDeleteA rather large ficus, and wonderful wild flowers.
DeleteThe landscapes are superb Margaret, nice place to go.
ReplyDeleteA pretty place Bob...nice to travel through.
DeleteThe wheatbelt is so green! You drove through some pretty countryside. I love the ficus tree at the beginning.
ReplyDeleteLovely through there but a lonely trip really even though the towns are closer and more of them. Feels like civilisation again..
DeleteWhat fun. Those pics are amazing especially the flowers and that tree! Wasn't that something.
ReplyDeleteCertainly different for me to see..
DeleteWow all photos are really interesting. I like the farm but my favourite is the tree amazing
ReplyDeleteA tree like that is something we don't see everyday.
DeleteLovely pictures, never been to WA so nice to go along with you.
ReplyDeleteMerle...........
Thanks Merle..
DeleteIs it safe to assume that the ficus plant my wife keeps trying to keep the cats from killing in the house is not the same as that ficus tree?
ReplyDeleteI doubt it's the same :)
DeleteThere are different varieties.
Great photos! You have such a great eye for composition. The red flowers are a type of verticordia.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Also for the name of the red flower..
DeleteI'm enjoying your trip through WA. I wish I had been with you because my best friend from childhood lives at Eneabba.
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