Kings Park Festival 2012

Kings Park Festival 2012

The annual Kings Park Festival is a magnificent display of the unique Wildflowers of Western Australia. Enjoy the variety, colour and beauty captured in these Wildflower images, as well as wildlife and a few scenes of interest that captured my attention as I enjoyed walking the many pathways in Kings Park.

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1 Wattle species Acacia Golden Wattle is the National Floral Emblem of Australia.	2 Wattle species Acacia The Green and Gold of the Wattle are the National Colours of Australia.	3 Wattle species Acacia National Wattle Day is celebrated on the first day of September.
4 Native Wisteria Hardenbergia comptoniana	5 Native Wisteria Hardenbergia comptoniana	6 Tamala Rose Diplolaena grandiflora
7 Mangles Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos manglesii	8 Mangles Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos manglesii The State Floral Emblem of Western Australia.	9 Gillam's Bell Darwinia oxylepis
10 Gillam's Bell Darwinia oxylepis	11 Sandpaper Wattle Acacia denticulosa	12 Sandpaper Wattle Acacia denticulosa
13 Eucalyptus macrocarpa x pyriformis	14 Beaufortia sp. column	15 Silky Eremophila Eremophila nivea
16 Qualup Bell Pimelea physodes	17 Qualup Bell Pimelea physodes	18 Qualup Bell Pimelea physodes
19 Eremophila splendens	20 Eremophila splendens	21 Eremophila splendens
22 Silky Eremophila Eremophila nivea	23 Boab Tree (Adansonia gregorii) This huge Boab survived the long journey of over 3,200 kms from the Kimberley to its new location in Kings Park. Currently there is plastic around the base to prevent it getting too wet during winter. The Botanists say the tree is healthy and doing well.	24 View across the Swan River to South Perth
25 Mauve Coopernookia Coopernookia georgei	26 Scarlet Featherflower Verticordia grandis	27 Scarlet Featherflower Verticordia grandis
28 Barrens Featherflower Verticordia helichrysantha	29 Yellow Featherflower Verticordia chrysantha	30 Yellow Featherflower Verticordia chrysantha
31 Plummed Featherflower Verticordia plumosa	32 Pandanus Fruit Cluster	33 Aerial Roots of Pandanus
34 Native Wisteria Hardenbergia comptoniana	35 Overlooking the slopes of Mt Eliza Large Sheoak Tree, wattles and other vegetation.	36 Historic Swan River Brewery viewed from Kings Park
37 Parrot Bush Dryandra sessilis	38 Prickly Moses Acacia pulchella	39 Prickly Moses Acacia pulchella
40 Pink Everlastings Rhodanthe chlorocephala	41 Pink Everlastings Rhodanthe chlorocephala	42 Pink and White Everlastings Rhodanthe chlorocephala
43 Pink Everlasting Rhodanthe chlorocephala	44 Pink Everlasting Rhodanthe chlorocephala	45 Twin Leaved Sunray Rhodanthe chlorocephala
46 Schoenia Schoenia cassiniana	47 Mixed Everlastings	48 Kingsmill’s Mallee Eucalyptus kingsmillii
49 Kingsmill’s Mallee Eucalyptus kingsmillii	50 Large-fruited Mallee Eucalyptus youngiana	51 Large-fruited Mallee Eucalyptus youngiana
52 Field of Everlastings 1	53 Field of Everlastings 2	54 Field of Everlastings 3
55 Swan River Daisy Brachyscome iberidifolia	56 Swan River Daisy Brachyscome iberidifolia	57 Bee gathering nectar on Pink Everlasting
58 Field of Everlastings 4	59 Magnificent Prostanthera Prostanthera magnifica	60 Magnificent Prostanthera Prostanthera magnifica
61 Magnificent Prostanthera Prostanthera magnifica	62 Lambs' Tails Lachnostachys vervascifolia	63 Lambs' Tails Lachnostachys vervascifolia
64 New Fiona Stanley Hospital under construction on horizon From where I sat in Kings Park, I zoomed across the Swan River to the construction on the horizon (approx 16 km away), and it is definitely the new Fiona Stanley Hospital due for completion 2014.	65 Red-lobed Wattle Bird (Anthochaera carunculata) The Australian Native Red-lobed Wattle bird, is the largest honey-eater in Australia, with its striking and unusual colorings is a very acrobatic bird.	66 Red-lobed Wattle Bird (Anthochaera carunculata) Sadly I discovered that the poor little bird is blind in its right eye, but appeared to be coping well with its disability.
67 Kangaroo Paw Red Anigozanthos rufus	68 Kangaroo Paw Red Anigozanthos rufus	69 Kangaroo Paw Red Anigozanthos rufus
70 Scarlet Honey-myrtle Melaleuca fulgens steedmanii	71 Ribbon Pea Leptosema aphyllum	72 Blue Leschenaultia Lechenaultia biloba
73 Orange Honey-Myrtle Melaleuca fulgens	74 Grey Cottonheads Conostylis candicans	75 Grey Cottonheads Conostylis candicans
76 Kangaroo Paw Black Macropidia fuliginosa	77 Kangaroo Paw Black Macropidia fuliginosa	78 Prickly Toothbrushes Grevillea armigera
79 Prickly Toothbrushes Grevillea armigera	80 Grey Cottonheads Conostylis candicans	81 Mangles Everlasting Buds waiting for sunshine to awaken them Rhodanthe manglesii
82 Mangles Everlasting Bud Rhodanthe manglesii	83 Dampiera species	84 Kangaroo Paw Black Macropidia fuliginosa
85 Kangaroo Paw Black Macropidia fuliginosa	86 Dampiera species	87 Flat Wattle Acacia glaucoptera
88 Flat Wattle Acacia glaucoptera	89 Flat Wattle Acacia glaucoptera	90 Schoenia Schoenia cassiniana
91 Mangles Everlasting Rhodanthe manglesii	92 Mangles Everlasting Buds Rhodanthe manglesii	93 Mangles Everlastings unfurling Rhodanthe manglesii
94 Scott River Jugflower Adenanthos detmoldii	95 Scott River Jugflower Adenanthos detmoldii	96 Baeckea ovalifolia
97 Baeckea ovalifolia	98 Mangles Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos manglesii	99 Grevillea concinna subsp lehmanniana
100 Serrate Leaved Guinea Flower Hibbertia serrata	101 Serrate Leaved Guinea Flower Hibbertia serrata	102 Chamelaucium ciliatum (Stirling Range form)
103 Chamelaucium ciliatum (Stirling Range form)	104 Pouched Grevillea Grevillea saccata	105 Pouched Grevillea Grevillea saccata
106 Pompom Everlasting Cephalipterum drummondi	107 Pompom Everlasting Cephalipterum drummondi	108 Heart Leaf Flame Pea Chorizema cordatum
109 Blue Fanflower Scaevola aemula	110 Pink Everlastings Rhodanthe chlorocephala	111 Twin Leaved Sunray Rhodanthe chlorocephala
112 Twin Leaved Sunray Rhodanthe chlorocephala	113 Diel's Grevillea Grevillea dielsiana	114 Diel's Grevillea Grevillea dielsiana
115 Clump of Red Kangaroo Paws Anigozanthos rufus	116 Red Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos rufus	117 Red Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos rufus
118 Red Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos rufus	119 Pink Geraldton Wax Chamelaucium uncinatum	120 Pink Geraldton Wax Chamelaucium uncinatum
121 Bright Pink Geraldton Wax Chamelaucium uncinatum	122 Banner for Kings Park Festival 2012 Patch of Everlastings surrounded by natural bushland	123 Bell-fruited Mallee Eucalyptus preissiana
124 The Flower Opens as the Cap lifts off Bell-fruited Mallee (Eucalyptus preissiana)	125 Bell-fruited Mallee in the shade Eucalyptus preissiana	126 Orange Honey-Myrtle Melaleuca fulgens
127 Tall Dampiera Dampiera altissima	128 Senna species	129 Senna species
130 Tall Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos flavidus	131 Tall Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos flavidus	132 Tall Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos flavidus
133 Thryptomene species	134 Male Western Magpie on the grass G. tibicen dorsalis	135 Tar Bush Eremophila glabra
136 Pear-fruited Mallee Eucalyptus pyriformis	137 Pear-fruited Mallee Eucalyptus pyriformis	138 Pear-fruited Mallee Eucalyptus pyriformis
139 Garden Beds Purple Fanfare in foreground	140 Purple Fanfare Scaevola aemula	141 Everlastings in the bushland Rhodanthe chlorocephala
142 Red Swamp Banksia Banksia occidentalis	143 Red Swamp Banksia Banksia occidentalis	144 Red Swamp Banksia closer view Banksia occidentalis
145 Grevillea species	146 Beach Spinifex Spinifex longifolius	147 Grevillea species
148 Bottlebrush Grevillea Grevillea paradoxa	149 Bottlebrush Grevillea has prickly spines Grevillea paradoxa	150 Everlastings in the bushland
151 Natural Bushland Scene The path winds through natural bush with Native Wisteria on the left and Yellow Prickly Moses ahead.	152 The work of Nature Native Wisteria, Prickly Moses,tall Banksias, and a young Grasstree beside the path.	153 Natures Garden Grasstree, Prickly Moses and Native Wisteria.
154 Purple and Yellow Native Wisteria and Prickly Moses	155 Swan River Myrtle Hypocalymma robustum	156 Swan River Myrtle Hypocalymma robustum
157 Swan River view with Prickly Moses in foreground	158 Scarlet Runner Kennedia prostrata	159 Scarlet Runner Kennedia prostrata
160 Grevillea insignis	161 Grevillea insignis	162 Female Western Magpie on the path G. tibicen dorsalis
163 Tall Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos flavidus	164 Tall Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos flavidus	165 Tall Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos flavidus
166 Acacia anthochaera Mimosaceae from the Northern Jarrah Forest of Western Australia.	167 Acacia anthochaera	168 Acacia anthochaera
169 Water Gardens in Kings Park	170 Sedge around the Water Garden Cyperaceae Juss.	171 Maned (Wood) Duck family Chenonetta jubata. Mother, Father and 5 Ducklings on the lawns of Kings Park.
172 Maned (Wood) Duck family Chenonetta jubata.	173 Maned (Wood) Duck family Chenonetta jubata.	174 Pink Fairies Caladenia latifolia
175 Pink Fairies Caladenia latifolia	176 Groundcover Banksia Banksia blechnifolia	177 Groundcover Banksia Banksia blechnifolia
178 Female Maned (Wood) Duck with Two Ducklings Chenonetta jubata.	179 Female Maned (Wood) Duck with Two Ducklings Chenonetta jubata.	180 Seed cone of Lemann's Banksia Banksia lemanniana
181 Dried Seed Cone of Lemann's Banksia Banksia lemanniana	182 Aniseed Boronia Boronia crenulata	183 One-sided Bottlebrush Calothamnus quadrifidus
184 Green Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos viridis	185 Green Kangaroo Paw in the shade Anigozanthos viridis	186 Swan River Daisy Brachyscome iberidifolia
187 Swan River Daisy Brachyscome iberidifolia	188 Schoenia Schoenia cassiniana	189 Swan River Daisy Brachyscome iberidifolia
190 Purple Tassels Sowerbaea laxiflora	191 Schoenia Schoenia cassiniana	192 Fuchsia Grevillea Grevillea bipinnatifida
193 Fuchsia Grevillea Grevillea bipinnatifida	194 Mangles Everlasting Rhodanthe manglesii	195 Blue Leschenaultia Lechenaultia biloba
196 Blue Leschenaultia Lechenaultia biloba	197 Colourful clump of Everlastings	198 Blue Leschenaultia Lechenaultia biloba
199 Blue Leschenaultia Lechenaultia biloba	200 Qualup Bells surrounded by Everlastings	201 Qualup Bells and Everlastings
202 Heart Leaf Flame Pea Chorizema cordatum	203 Pink and White Everlastings Rhodanthe chlorocephala	204 Formal Gardens of Wildflowers
205 Wattle species Acacia	206 Wattle species Acacia	207 Sandhill Spider Flower Grevillea stenobotrya, found in the North West of Western Australia.
208 Stinkwood Jacksonia stembergiana.	209 Donkey Orchid Diuris corymbosa.	210 Donkey Orchid Diuris corymbosa.
211 Exiting Kings Park Festival 2012 Heading home after another delightful day among wildflowers in the bushland of Kings Park.