Last weekend we went on a little wander, a short loop through the central/southern wheatbelt out to Bruce Rock and back. I was particularly interested in wildflowers, granite and wheatbelt farming. Here are a few choice shots. Sadly, my photos of the historic stone wells and other water catchment features didn’t come out.
Garden-escaped weed in the playground at Quairading (~380mm annual rainfall)
The Pink Lake just east of Quairading. Blue on one side, pink on the other.
Drosera in flower at Kokerbin Rocks. The glittering beads are sticky enzyme droplets on moving cages of sensitive feelers – this genus of plants has adapted to our extremely poor soils by getting its nitrogen by catching protein sources as they fly or crawl by.
Rainwater pool on the top of Bruce’s Rock, home to many little water plants and lots of insects and mosquito larvae
Detail on the top of Bruce’s Rock
A swathe of small wildflowers on Bruce’s Rock. Most plants were less than 15 cm high.
Look carefully – this little inhabitant of Bruce’s Rock is no more than 1 cm long.
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