14ToNewNcia13.jpg=On the road from Perenjori, Western Australia to New Norcia; Bullers Limited, London telegraph poles.
14ToNewNcia5.jpg=Perenjori, Western Australia; the old post office information centre and museum.
DSC_0057.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; wreath flowers
13Mullewa.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; W.A. wildflowers a few km east of Mullewa.
13Mullewa8.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; W.A. wildflowers a few km east of Mullewa.
14ToNewNcia.jpg=Near Perenjori, Western Australia; Levee banks around wheat fields are a common sight. (panorama)
DSC_0026.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; Perenjori hotel.
12MullewaPan02.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; New water tanks and wheat silos. (panorama)
DSC_0064.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; wreath flowers
DSC_0071.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; wreath flowers
DSC_0001.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; we were told that the wildflower display was best, a few km east of Mullewa.
DSC_0074.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; The road into the Coalseam conservation park south of Mullewa.
13Mullewa20.jpg=On the road from Coalseam to Perenjori, Western Australia; Banksia
DSC_0018.JPG=East from Geraldton, Western Australia; an iron ore train near Mullewa on it's way to Geraldton harbour.
DSC_0002.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; the old post office is now the information centre and museum.
DSC_0061.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; wreath flowers
12Mullewa3.jpg=East from Geraldton, Western Australia; Canola and wheatfields near Mullewa.
DSC_0045a.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; wreath flowers only grow in a small handful of areas and they seem to prefer gravel. Consequently they are mostly found in roadside gravel yards. We were told that they can't be transplanted and grown in the garden.
DSC_0063a.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; wreath flowers
DSC_0027a.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; Wheat transfer station.
14ToNewNcia15.jpg=On the road from Perenjori, Western Australia to New Norcia; lots of wide loads - again, luckily Joy was driving.
DSC_0056.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; wreath flowers
13Mullewa5.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; W.A. wildflowers a few km east of Mullewa.
13Mullewa1.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; W.A. wildflowers a few km east of Mullewa.
DSC_0095.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; Coalseam conservation park.
12MullewaPan03.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and priests house. (panorama)
DSC_0063.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.
14ToNewNcia7.jpg=Perenjori, Western Australia; the old post office information centre and museum.
13Mullewa17.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; Wildflowers in Coalseam conservation park.
DSC_0047.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; wreath flowers
13Mullewa12.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; Wildflowers in Coalseam conservation park.
DSC_0060.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; wreath flowers
13Mullewa6.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; some of the steel information panels depicting local events and identities of Mullewa.
DSC_0027.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; W.A. wildflowers a few km east of Mullewa.
13Mullewa21.jpg=Morowa, on the road from Coalseam to Perenjori, Western Australia; our one night stopover.
14ToNewNcia2.jpg=Perenjori, Western Australia; Perenjori main street.
14ToNewNcia10.jpg=Perenjori, Western Australia; the protected small wreath flower is in the top centre of this picture.
12Mullewa5.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; Mullewa town hall and tourist centre.
13MullewaPan01.JPG=On the road from Coalseam to Perenjori, Western Australia; roadside wildflowers. (panorama)
DSC_0055.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.
13Mullewa4.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; W.A. wildflowers a few km east of Mullewa.
DSC_0043.JPG=Near Perenjori, Western Australia; roadside wildflowers.
13Mullewa19.jpg=On the road from Coalseam to Perenjori, Western Australia; roadside wildflowers.
12Mullewa6.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.
DSC_0042.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; In Perenjori is another church designed by Monsignor Hawes.
13Mullewa14.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; Wildflowers in Coalseam conservation park.
DSC_0054.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; wreath flowers
DSC_0094.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; Coalseam conservation park.
13Mullewa18.jpg=After Joy picked a few wildflowers for the table, we saw a sign saying that it is prohibited.
14ToNewNciaPan01.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; the old post office information centre and museum.
DSC_0037.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; Mullewa ANZAC memorial.
DSC_0031.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; Mullewa town hall and tourist centre.
DSC_0013.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; W.A. wildflowers a few km east of Mullewa.
13Mullewa13.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; Wildflowers in Coalseam conservation park.
DSC_0059.JPG=On the road from Coalseam to Perenjori, Western Australia; roadside wildflowers.
DSC_0044.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; we took an approx 100km round trip to see the unique "wreath flowers".
12Mullewa4.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; A wild grass commonly seen on the roadside.
DSC_0049.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; wreath flowers
DSC_0052.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; designed by Monsignor Hawes, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church took seven years to build
DSC_0045.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; even Monsignor Hawes' dog is recognised in many of the steel panels.
14ToNewNcia11.jpg=Near Perenjori, Western Australia; roadside wildflowers.
DSC_0041.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; Mullewa "Church Trail" is a memorial to Monsignor John Hawes.
DSC_0120.JPG=On the road from Coalseam to Perenjori, Western Australia.
DSC_0022.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; the old post office information centre and museum.
DSC_0008.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; the old post office information centre and museum.
13Mullewa15.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; Wildflowers in Coalseam conservation park.
14ToNewNcia14.jpg=On the road from Perenjori, Western Australia to New Norcia; many of the wheat transfer stations.
12MullewaPan04.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. (panorama)
DSC_0098.JPG=Stately Gum trees on the road from Perenjori, Western Australia to New Norcia.
DSC_0067.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; some kind person has placed protection around a small wreath flower that is growing in a trafficed area of the gravel yard/pit.
DSC_0025.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; Perenjori hotel. "There is a place on earth for all God's creatures". Our apologies to vegetarians on our list.
13Mullewa7.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; W.A. wildflowers a few km east of Mullewa.
13Mullewa16.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; Wildflowers in Coalseam conservation park.
14ToNewNcia6.jpg=Perenjori, Western Australia; the old post office information centre and museum.
14ToNewNcia1.jpg=Perenjori, Western Australia; steel information panels depicting local events and identities.
DSC_0073.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; The road into the Coalseam conservation park south of Mullewa.
DSC_0024.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; W.A. wildflowers a few km east of Mullewa.
14ToNewNcia12.jpg=On the road from Perenjori, Western Australia to New Norcia; here's an interesting one for folks interested in telephone/telegraph. From a distance these disused telegraph poles looked like "Oppenheimers". Although they are similar, a closer inspection revealed that they were from Bullers Limited, London.
13Mullewa2.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; W.A. wildflowers a few km east of Mullewa.
13Mullewa3.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; W.A. wildflowers a few km east of Mullewa.
DSC_0015.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; W.A. wildflowers a few km east of Mullewa.
DSC_0116.JPG=On the road from Coalseam to Perenjori, Western Australia; Banksia
DSC_0019.JPG=Perenjori, Western Australia; the old post office information centre and museum.
14ToNewNcia4.jpg=Perenjori, Western Australia; Galahs, with just a couple of Corellas joining in the fun.
13Mullewa9.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; W.A. wildflowers a few km east of Mullewa.
14ToNewNcia8.jpg=Perenjori, Western Australia
DSC_0122.JPG=Mullewa, Western Australia; Geraldton Cathedral was also designed by Monsignor Hawes.
13Mullewa11.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; a Blue Tongue lizard near Mullewa - different colouring to our backyard residents at home in Brisbane.
13Mullewa10.jpg=Mullewa, Western Australia; In an effort to deliver the Catholic religion to local Aborigines, John Hawes carved an altar into this rock as a place to deliver his sermon, since the Aborigines would not enter his church.
