About the tour
The Best Western Australian Wildflowers Tours. Walk among the Wildflowers with your tour guide.
Immerse yourself on our 5 Day Outback Wildflower Tour in the breathtaking beauty of Western Australia’s wildflowers.
Marvel at the masses of Everlasting Daisies and the exquisite Wreath Flower.
Lesueur NP | Coalseam | Geraldton | Mullewa | Wongan Hills
Tour itinerary
Day 1 – Perth to Cervantes
Bindoon, Pheobe Reserve, Cervantes
Pickup 7.30am.
Today on your 5 Day Northern Wildflower Tour you will be seeing masses of eye popping brilliant blue Leschenaultia biloba, orchids, pink Isopogon in the Bindoon region.
Today’s highlights seeing masses of eye popping brilliant blue
Leschenaultia biloba, orchids, pink Isopogon in the Bindoon region. Later head up the Midlands Rd to Moora for Lunch at local stylish Jeanne d’Moore Café
The Jeanne d’Moore Cafe in Moora hand makes the best French-inspired
delicacies that country Western Australia has to offer.
Visit Phoebe Reserve in the Badgingarra area and walk on the historic trails to discover changing flora diversity and stories for stockman passing
through from the coast to inland.
Late this afternoon we head to Cervantes our overnight stay.
7 Day Outback Wildflower Tour, The late afternoon soft light is a photographers delight to take photos of the ocean
Cervantes Edge Resort
Day 2 – Cervantes to Dongara
Lesueur National Park, Dongara
This morning we visit major hotspot Lesueur National Park for a treat of flora. Vegetation in the park is structurally complex, with patches of woodland amongst shrub lands.
There are over 900 species of flora in the park many of which are endemic, rare or endangered species include the Mount Lesueur Grevillea, Forrest’s Wattle, the Lesueur Hakea and the Laterite Mallee.
The park is the northern limit for Jarrah and Mountain Marri, both of which grow as mallees instead of the more usual tall tree form.
Later this afternoon we follow the coast up to Dongara our overnight stay taking in delightful scenic bays.
Later this afternoon we follow the coast up to Dongara our overnight stay taking in delightful scenic bays.
Accommodation: Dongara Hotel Motel
Day 3 - Dongara to Geraldton
Coalseam, Pindar,
Coalseam, Mullewa, Pindar
Sunday 21Sept.
Today we will see what most people think of when they think Western Australia Wildflowers, delicate expanses of pink, yellow and white everlasting daisies in the Coalseam Conservation Reserve and along isolated roads.
At Pindar browse along the road verge to marvel at the iconic Lechenaultia macrantha common name wreath Lechenaultia, an absolute must see.
At Mullewa visit Helen Ansell Studio Gallery. Helen made her mark on the international art stage, all the way from her art gallery nestled in Mullewa, a small town in Western Australia. Growing up in Ululla, a remote aboriginal community in central Western Australia, Wiluna area. Helen’s connection to the indigenous and regional community of central WA and the wild desert landscape is vividly reflected in her artwork.
Helen captures the spirit of Australian art through her vibrant paintings.
We visit HMAS Sydney Memorial; the beautifully designed memorial features a silver dome of 645 seagulls to represent the loss of HMAS Sydney sailors.
Visit St Francis Xavier Cathedral built in stages from 1914 to its eventual opening in 1938. The Byzantine style architecture is one of Monsignor John Hawes’ greatest masterpieces.
Explore the Yamaji Art Centre which is Aboriginal owned and operated and provides professional services to support and develop Aboriginal artists living in the Lower Murchison region of Yamaji Country.
Accommodation: Ocean Centre Geraldton
Day 4 – Geraldton to Dalwallinu
Geraldton, Dalwallinu
Monday 22
This morning visit Depot Hill Reserve a delightful walk with everlasting daisies and orchids. On either side of a meandering pathway offers unparalleled access and viewing of a rich, rare, and colourful assortment of wildflower species. Discover one of Western Australia’s true wildflower hotspots.
Visit Three Springs to see stunning the Rose Mallee (Eucalyptus rhodantha)
And take in the 360 panoramic view at the Talc Mine Lookout, Western Australia’s first talc mine. Talc is mined by open cut method and exported for use in paper, paint, and ceramic industries.
Three Springs talc is also processed in WA for cosmetics, agriculture, and carving blocks. The mine is the largest Talc Mine in the southern hemisphere and the second largest in the world with an annual production exceeding 100,000 tonnes.
Carnamah Shire is one of the richest areas in the state for flowering plants and explodes into colour during the annual wildflower season from around August to October. This afternoon we look at the rare Darwinia polychroma also known as Harlequin Bell a dainty maroon flower.
The town is also becoming better known for Astro Tourism as a great place to see the Milky Way due to little light pollution.
Visit the Big Tractor a monument to Western Australian agriculture, manufacturing, and heritage.
The tractor is a five-times replica of the Chamberlain 40K, which was the first tractor manufactured in Western Australia in 1949. The 40k and the models that followed played a significant role in the development of WA’s agricultural regions after the Second World War.
The tractor is 11.5 metres high, and 16 metres long, was constructed using 42 tonnes of steel by DIAB Engineering in Geraldton, and was funded mostly by Tracmach, and corporate donations
Heading over to Dalwalinu we explore another regional flora area.
Dalwallinu is famous for having the largest variety of wattles (acacias) found anywhere in the world. Within 100km of Dalwallinu there are 195 varieties. Dalwallinu is known as a “Place of Wheat, Wattles and Wildflowers.
Overnight stay is at Dalwallinu and offers walk trails for those who are interested in evening or early morning walks.
Accommodation: Wheatlands Motel
BLD
Day 5 –Dalwallinu - Perth
Wongan Hills, Perth
Tuesday 23
This morning visit Wongan Hills, The Hills has the largest single area of natural vegetation remaining in the Northern Wheatbelt. Wongan Hills’ flora is extremely diverse with more than 250 species of flowering plants.
There are five species of gazette rare flora in the Wongan Hills Nature Reserve, and numerous species of priority flora. We will visit one sight that has the rare Wongan Cactus – Daviesia Euphorbioides, explore the local orchids and look around the area. And visit Mt Obrien for expansive panoramic vistas of the region.
Lunch today at New Norcia. Look around this unique Monastery Town before heading back to Perth.
We will have you back into Perth 5pm.
Tour inclusions
Travel Arrangements
Pickup from Perth. Travel in style & luxury in our Land Rover Discovery’s.
Included Accommodation
- Cervantes Edge Resort
- Geraldton Ocean Centre Hotel
- Private ensuite facilities in resorts and motels
- List Item
Included Meals
Breakfast options include continental or cooked meals to start your day right. For lunch, enjoy light picnic-style sandwiches, wraps, or other takeaway options from road houses, or packed picnic lunches accompanied by juice or soft drinks. Dinner is also included..
Included Entry Fees
- Nambung National Park (The Pinnacles Desert)
- Lesueur National Park
