![Enlarge photo 1](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2195.JPG) 1 Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine in morning light Returning from Esperance on 4 December we passed the mine site again.
| ![Enlarge photo 2](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2196.JPG) 2 Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine Site A glimpse while speeding past.
| ![Enlarge photo 3](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2200.JPG) 3 Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine Site Mining scar on the landscape.
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![Enlarge photo 4](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2201.JPG) 4 Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine Site No attempts at re-vegetation.
| ![Enlarge photo 5](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2203.JPG) 5 Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine Site The scar on the hillside can be seen for miles.
| ![Enlarge photo 6](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2220.JPG) 6 BP Service Station Ravensthorpe
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![Enlarge photo 7](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2219.JPG) 7 Junction of Morgans St and Queen St Ravensthorpe Taken from BP.
| ![Enlarge photo 8](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2217.JPG) 8 Grain Silos at the top of Morgans St Taken from BP.
| ![Enlarge photo 9](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2218.JPG) 9 Queen St going to the Hospital Taken from BP.
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![Enlarge photo 10](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2221.JPG) 10 Built in 1906 Currently used as 'Ravensthorpe Community Centre'. In former years has been a Hotel and Boarding House.
| ![Enlarge photo 11](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2243.JPG) 11 The Seat under the Hotel Verandah Palace Hotel Ravensthorpe, built 1907.
| ![Enlarge photo 12](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2246.JPG) 12 Lovely Jacaranda Tree in Bloom Telecommunications Tower at rear of Old Post Office.
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![Enlarge photo 13](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2234.JPG) 13 Tall Trees of Spence Street
| ![Enlarge photo 14](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2226.JPG) 14 The House where I lived from 1967-1974
| ![Enlarge photo 15](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2229.JPG) 15 Spence St looking down hill Real Estate for Sale.
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![Enlarge photo 16](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2225.JPG) 16 More new Houses in Spence Street Uphill view.
| ![Enlarge photo 17](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2237.JPG) 17 The Old Dunny Lane Taken from Hotel end and looking towards Telecommunications Tower at Old Post Office. Most of this was un-fenced when we lived there.
| ![Enlarge photo 18](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2238.JPG) 18 Morgans Street Busy main street with many Road Trains passing through.
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![Enlarge photo 19](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2239.JPG) 19 No more Grocery Shopping here! Shop 'For Lease'. This used to be the Co-op.
| ![Enlarge photo 20](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2240.JPG) 20 Originally the Westpac Bank This was built for the Westpac Bank while we were there, now it says 'Everything or Nothing'....
| ![Enlarge photo 21](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2244.JPG) 21 Carlisle St slopes down to the Valley
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![Enlarge photo 22](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2245.JPG) 22 Post Office corner Morgans St & Carlisle St
| ![Enlarge photo 23](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2248.JPG) 23 Grain Storage Passing the wheat bins as we drove out of town on the way to Wave Rock.
| ![Enlarge photo 24](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2324.JPG) 24 Welcome to Wave Rock at Hyden Wave Rock is 4km east of Hyden in a 280ha bush reserve, and about 340km south-east of Perth.
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![Enlarge photo 25](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2252.JPG) 25 Hippos Yawn near Wave Rock This unusually shaped granite formation has eroded to the shape of a yawning hippo.
| ![Enlarge photo 26](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2253.JPG) 26 Hippos Yawn Tourists eating lunch in the mouth of Hippos Yawn.
| ![Enlarge photo 27](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2254.JPG) 27 Granite Formations Walking the trail from Hippos Yawn to Wave Rock.
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![Enlarge photo 28](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2255.JPG) 28 Emu Feathers caught in a Branch
| ![Enlarge photo 29](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2257.JPG) 29 Bright Orange Berries
| ![Enlarge photo 30](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2258.JPG) 30 Emu Feathers Presume the Emu got its feathers caught when eating the orange berries.
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![Enlarge photo 31](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2259.JPG) 31 Slabs of Granite cut by Nature
| ![Enlarge photo 32](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2260.JPG) 32 Sheoaks at the base of Wave Rock
| ![Enlarge photo 33](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2262.JPG) 33 Indentations in the Granite
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![Enlarge photo 34](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2265.JPG) 34 Ornate Dragon Lizard on Granite Rock Ctenophorus ornatus.
| ![Enlarge photo 35](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2268.JPG) 35 Lobe-Leaf Hop-Bush Dodonaea lobulata.
| ![Enlarge photo 36](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2266.JPG) 36 Ornate Dragon Lizard still on guard Ctenophorus ornatus.
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![Enlarge photo 37](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2269.JPG) 37 Granite Kunzea (Kunzea pulchella)
| ![Enlarge photo 38](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2270.JPG) 38 Granite Kunzea (Kunzea pulchella)
| ![Enlarge photo 39](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2271.JPG) 39 Rock Sheoak (Allocasuarina heugeliana) Close to the foot of the rock the soil is made richer by decomposition of lichens and mosses, so the tallest Sheoaks grow here.
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![Enlarge photo 40](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2276.JPG) 40 Mosses and Lichen on the Rock
| ![Enlarge photo 41](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2275.JPG) 41 Wildflowers in White
| ![Enlarge photo 42](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2272.JPG) 42 Granite Bottlebrush Melaleuca elliptica.
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![Enlarge photo 43](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2273.JPG) 43 Granite Bottlebrush Melaleuca elliptica.
| ![Enlarge photo 44](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2278.JPG) 44 Walking Trail at base of the Rock
| ![Enlarge photo 45](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2279.JPG) 45 Light green foliage of young Sandalwood trees Santalum spicatum. The sandalwood is a hermaphroditic species.
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![Enlarge photo 46](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2281.JPG) 46 Sandalwood berries forming Flowering is sporadic because of the irregular rainfall in most areas where sandlewood grows. Flowers are carrion-scented and nectariferous, attracting a wide range of insect pollinators.
| ![Enlarge photo 47](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2283.JPG) 47 Sandalwood Trees Also known as Quandong Trees.
| ![Enlarge photo 48](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2282.JPG) 48 Sandalwood starting to fruit The Quandongs, or fruits ripen from June-December.
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![Enlarge photo 49](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2287.JPG) 49 Looking back towards Hippos Yawn
| ![Enlarge photo 50](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2288.JPG) 50 Rock Sheoak Trees (Allocasuarina heugeliana).
| ![Enlarge photo 51](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2316.JPG) 51 Arrival at Wave Rock Completion of 1.4 km walk from Hippos Yawn.
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![Enlarge photo 52](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2292.JPG) 52 Wave Rock at Noon Unfortunately this is the worst time of the day for photography with the striped face of the rock in shadow of the overhang causing remainder of surroundings to be overexposed.
| ![Enlarge photo 53](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2294.JPG) 53 Wave Rock from the far end Believed to have formed over 2700 million years ago, Wave Rock is part of the northern face of Hyden Rock. The shape of the wave is formed by gradual erosion of the softer rock beneath the upper edge, over many centuries.
| ![Enlarge photo 54](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2295.JPG) 54 Sheoaks at the base of Wave Rock The colours of the Wave are caused by the rain washing chemical deposits (carbonates and iron hydroxide) down the face, forming vertical stripes of greys reds and yellows.
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![Enlarge photo 55](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2296.JPG) 55 Wave Rock behind the Sheoaks Wave Rock is 14 metres high and 110m long. In addition to being an impressive tourist attraction, the rock has been converted into a catchment for the town's water supplies, with a foot-high concrete wall around the upper edge of Hyden Rock directing rainfall into a storage dam.
| ![Enlarge photo 56](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2297.JPG) 56 Hyden Water Supply Dam & Catchment Capacity 29,810 cubic metres; Height above sea level 316 AHD; Rock Catchment area 29.3 Ha; Average Rainfall 337mm.
| ![Enlarge photo 57](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2299.JPG) 57 Hyden Water Supply Dam The small rock wall constructed on the lower rock faces have proved an effective method of collecting water and diverting it into the dam.
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![Enlarge photo 58](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2300.JPG) 58 New Steps New Steps provide easy access to the top of Wave Rock for panoramic views.
| ![Enlarge photo 59](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2301.JPG) 59 Looking out over the Sheoaks Low Rock Wall diverts rainwater run-off into the dam.
| ![Enlarge photo 60](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2302.JPG) 60 Low Rock Wall harvests Rainwater View towards Salt Lakes.
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![Enlarge photo 61](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2298.JPG) 61 The Catchment Walls Illustration of catchment walls.
| ![Enlarge photo 62](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2303.JPG) 62 Hyden Water Supply Dam
| ![Enlarge photo 63](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2304.JPG) 63 Farmlands beyond the Sheoaks
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![Enlarge photo 64](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2305.JPG) 64 Rock Walls in catchment area Salt Lakes in the distance.
| ![Enlarge photo 65](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2306.JPG) 65 Water Catchment area on top of Wave Rock
| ![Enlarge photo 66](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2307.JPG) 66 Zoomed across to the Salt Lakes
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![Enlarge photo 67](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2308.JPG) 67 Back at ground level Vapor Trails in the sky.
| ![Enlarge photo 68](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2310.JPG) 68 Blueberry Lily (Dianella revoluta)
| ![Enlarge photo 69](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2315.JPG) 69 Returning alongside Wave Rock If possible, it is worth seeing the Rock at different times of the day, as the changing sunlight alters its colours and appearance.
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![Enlarge photo 70](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2317.JPG) 70 Rock surrounds are dry in December In spring, this ground is a carpet of wildflowers.
| ![Enlarge photo 71](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2319.JPG) 71 Larissa washing the Windscreen
| ![Enlarge photo 72](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2320.JPG) 72 Kangaroo motifs on Toilet Block
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![Enlarge photo 73](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2325.JPG) 73 Wave Rock Kiosk
| ![Enlarge photo 74](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2323.JPG) 74 Novel Box for Key Return
| ![Enlarge photo 75](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2321.JPG) 75 Location of Wave Rock
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![Enlarge photo 76](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2326.JPG) 76 Melaleuca species
| ![Enlarge photo 77](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2328.JPG) 77 Vegetation near Wave Rock
| ![Enlarge photo 78](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2327.JPG) 78 Melaleuca species
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![Enlarge photo 79](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2329.JPG) 79 Natural Vegetation
| ![Enlarge photo 80](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2331.JPG) 80 'Dog in a Ute' Competition In 1998 a world record was set for a convoy of 699 Utes travelling to Corrigin. In 2002 Corrigin again broke this record with 1,527 Utes and raised $60,000 for charity.
| ![Enlarge photo 81](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2333.JPG) 81 Corrigin Dog Cemetery This unique resting place came about because of the death of Strike, who was Paddy Wrights best mate. Alan Henderson then buried his dog alongside and built a tombstone. He then cared for other grave sites that followed there after, thus creating the Corrigin Dog Cemetery.
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![Enlarge photo 82](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2334.JPG) 82 A Tribute to "Mans Best Friend" Financed by Corrigin Tidy Town Tourist Committee 1992.
| ![Enlarge photo 83](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2335.JPG) 83 Corrigin Dog Cemetery
| ![Enlarge photo 84](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2336.JPG) 84 Corrigin Dog Cemetery
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![Enlarge photo 85](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2337.JPG) 85 Corrigin Dog Cemetery
| ![Enlarge photo 86](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2338.JPG) 86 Corrigin Dog Cemetery
| ![Enlarge photo 87](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2339.JPG) 87 Corrigin Dog Cemetery
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![Enlarge photo 88](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2340.JPG) 88 Corrigin Dog Cemetery
| ![Enlarge photo 89](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2341.JPG) 89 DUSTY rests beside TINY Photos of a random selection of headstones.
| ![Enlarge photo 90](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2342.JPG) 90 SHAR rests here
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![Enlarge photo 91](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2343.JPG) 91 JACK DREW at rest 01/03/1993 - 24/12/2005.
| ![Enlarge photo 92](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2344.JPG) 92 BANDIT DICKINSON at rest 10/10/1990 - 5/5/2005.
| ![Enlarge photo 93](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2345.JPG) 93 RIDGEWAY at rest A Wonderful Companion to the Murphy Family and Jan Walton for 15 years.
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![Enlarge photo 94](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2346.JPG) 94 SCRUFFY rests here
| ![Enlarge photo 95](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2347.JPG) 95 DUKE at rest 22/12/1990 to 04/12/2007. Cheerio My Boy.
| ![Enlarge photo 96](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2350.JPG) 96 The road just travelled from Corrigin
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![Enlarge photo 97](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2349.JPG) 97 The road ahead to Perth via Brookton
| ![Enlarge photo 98](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2354.JPG) 98 A brief stop at Brookton
| ![Enlarge photo 99](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2351.JPG) 99 Orange Featherflower Verticordia species near Brookton Service Station.
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![Enlarge photo 100](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2355.JPG) 100 Yellow Wildflowers Near Brookton Service Station.
| ![Enlarge photo 101](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2352.JPG) 101 Colourful Orange Featherflower Verticordia species near Brookton Service Station.
| ![Enlarge photo 102](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2356.JPG) 102 Pink Plumed Featherflower Verticordia plumosa near Brookton Service Station.
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![Enlarge photo 103](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2353.JPG) 103 Dazzling Orange Featherflower Verticordia species near Brookton Service Station.
| ![Enlarge photo 104](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2357.JPG) 104 Pink Plumed Featherflower Verticordia plumosa near Brookton Service Station.
| ![Enlarge photo 105](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2358.JPG) 105 Railway Crossing at Brookton
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![Enlarge photo 106](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/IMG_2359.JPG) 106 Eucalypts at Brookton Now for the final leg of the journey back to Perth after an enjoyable tour covering 2,323 kms in the south of Western Australia.
| ![Enlarge photo 107](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/PanWaveRock1.jpg) 107 Wave Rock Panorama 1 Four stitched photos of view from top of the rock.
| ![Enlarge photo 108](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/PanWaveRock2.jpg) 108 Wave Rock Panorama 2 Three stitched photos of view from top of the rock.
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![Enlarge photo 109](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/ecotours/albanyesperance5/icons/PanWaveRock3.jpg) 109 Wave Rock Panorama 3 Two stitched photos of view from top of the rock.
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