Our first visit today was to the Kalbarri Wildflower Centre. We booked in to do the guided walk as we wanted to know more about the wildflowers. It was a 2 hour walk and the guide, Wendy, was very good. Jo copied down the info about each plant and I took the photos so when I had to download the photos it was soo easy. When you do it yourself you have to then identify them and it is very difficult. We were warned about ticks and Wendy showed us one she had found that morning – BIG! Apparently in WA the ticks do not have the poison that they do in the Eastern States and they just make you itchy. After lunch I took off my shoes and had a huge tick on my socks. Jo found one in the shower after her shower.
This afternoon, we went to the Kalbarri Coastal Cliffs – Natural Bridge, Island Rock and Shellhouse Grandstand. While we were at Shellhouse, I could hear the wrens but couldn’t see them. I had just finished saying to Jo, “the only thing better would be to see a Red Capped Robin”. With that I turned around and there was a female sitting on a dead tree. She was later joined by a male. Then we went to Island Rock and sitting in front of the lookout on the cliff was an (I think! Will have to get Chris Sanderson to verify) immature Brown Falcon.
What a great day!
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