Amazing Perth Australia day trips are near for exploring nature in this unique part of the world. At Perth’s Western Australia Visitor Centre, I planned my daytrips to the Pinnacles Desert and Bushwalking for Wildflowers. Overall, my excursions helped me to get out of the city and see the countryside of stunning Western Australia.
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The Pinnacles Desert – Perth Australia Day Trips
Thousands of the weathered limestone pillars are in Western Australia’s Nambung National Park. This is 200 km northwest of Perth in the Wheatbelt region. Overall, the pinnacles vary in size and shape among a yellow sand base. For example, some pinnacles reach as high as 3.5 m. Others are only a meter in height, resembling a tombstone.
The raw material for the limestone Pinnacles originally came from seashells. Eons later, the shells broke into lime sands blown inland to form dunes. However, there still remains debates on how these sands formed Pinnacles. It is fascinating and eerie to see this surreal, lunar landscape. Also, from my experience the park was not crowded, so this helped for enjoying the unique formations of Mother Nature.
Bushwalking and Wildflowers near Perth
The Perth region of Western Australia is world renowned for it spectacular diversity of flora, with 9,000 plant species. Furthermore, most of them are endemic to this region. In other words, in the spring you can observe wildflowers here that are nowhere else in the world. This is a great inspiration to go bushwalking from August to October, searching for vibrant wildflowers.
Eight Hotspots for Wildflowers near Perth include: Ellis Brook Valley Reserve, King Park, Bold Park, Hepburn Heights Conservation, Araluen Botanic Park, Lesmurdie Falls, Wireless Hill Park and Star Swamp Bushland Reserve. With more than 9,000 plant species, this is a paradise for bushwalkers and flower lovers. I enjoyed discovering unique endemic flowers, for example, the Kangaroo Paws (Left Photo), Pink Everlastings, Blue Leschenaultia, Orchids, Scarlet Bottlebrush and Grevillea. Additionally, while bushwalking I discovered the Grass Trees as something unique to this region.
Overall…
Both the Pinnacles and Wildflowers in the Perth region are unique compared to anywhere else in the world. So, if you make it to Perth on Earth, don’t miss out on these attractions to discover our amazing planet’s oldest continent.
