 1 The Giant Boab This giant Boab Tree, estimated to be 750 years old, weighs 36 tonnes and stretched 14 metres high and 8 metres wide (branch span). The trunk measures 2.5 metres in diameter.
|  2 Leaf Growth on Giant Boab Almost 2 years after being transported over 3,200 kms from the north of West Australia, this ancient Giant Boab has promising signs of leaf growth.
|  3 Pair of Galahs at Nest entrance Chicks could be heard inside the hollow.
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 4 Galahs at mouth of Nest
|  5 Galahs still watching me
|  6 Galahs change positions
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 7 Galahs looking into the Nest
|  8 Red-lobed Wattle Bird swings from a branch
|  9 Wattle Bird camouflaged in Tree
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 10 One Galah still guards the Nest
|  11 Rainbow Lorikeet Introduced to Western Australia from the Eastern States.
|  12 Rainbow Lorikeet looks down from Branch These introduced birds escaped from captivity and are quickly spreading over the metropolitan area to the detriment of our own native species.
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 13 The Swan River and South Perth Old Swan Brewery built 1879 in foreground.
|  14 Meeting of the Swan and Canning Rivers Viewed from the Glass Arched Bridge of the Federation Walkway.
|  15 Travelling at speed on the Swan River
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 16 Glass Arched Bridge of Federation Walkway
|  17 The Old Swan Brewery Built 1879 and operated as a brewery until relocating to a large, fully-automated factory at Canning Vale in the late 1970's.
|  18 Narrows Bridge and Perth CBD Currently the renovated building of the Old Swan Brewery contains a cafe/restaurant and function centre which re-opened in 2001. It also contains a microbrewery which produces malt ales and lagers. Historic photographs and artefacts are displayed.
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 19 Qantas flies overhead to Perth Airport
|  20 Among the Tree Tops on Federation Walkway Walking towards Roe Gardens in search of wildflowers.
|  21 Parrot Bush -- Dryandra sessilis
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 22 Parrot Bush -- Dryandra sessilis
|  23 Bees gathering nectar in Parrot Bush Dryandra sessilis
|  24 Dwarf Sheoak (male)
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 25 Dwarf Sheoak (male)
|  26 Grevillea leucoclada
|  27 Grevillea leucoclada
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 28 Bee on Grevillea leucoclada Grows in the Northern Heathland.
|  29 Mt Barren Grevillea -- Grevillea macrostylis
|  30 Mt Barren Grevillea -- Grevillea macrostylis
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 31 Hakea myrtoides
|  32 Hakea obtusa Colour of flowers darkens with age.
|  33 Hakea obtusa The opening flower is pale pink.
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 34 Hakea obtusa
|  35 Hakea obtusa Grows in the Southern Heathland.
|  36 Australian Magpie
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 37 Buds on Cauliflower Hakea Hakea corymbosa Grows in the Southern Heathland.
|  38 Diel's Grevillea -- Grevillea dielsiana
|  39 Diel's Grevillea -- Grevillea dielsiana
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 40 Diel's Grevillea -- Grevillea dielsiana
|  41 Diel's Grevillea -- Grevillea dielsiana Grows in the Northern Heathland.
|  42 Diel's Grevillea -- Grevillea dielsiana
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 43 Diel's Grevillea -- Grevillea dielsiana
|  44 Diel's Grevillea -- Grevillea dielsiana
|  45 Walukara -- Hakea rhombales Grows in the Little Sandy Desert of Western Australia.
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 46 Walukara -- Hakea rhombales
|  47 Walukara -- Hakea rhombales
|  48 Hakea invaginata Grows in the Northern Wheatbelt areas.
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 49 Hakea invaginata
|  50 Hakea invaginata
|  51 Bird Hakea -- Hakea orthorrhyncha
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 52 Bird Hakea -- Hakea orthorrhyncha
|  53 Seed Pods of Bird Hakea Hakea orthorrhyncha
|  54 Bird Hakea -- Hakea orthorrhyncha
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 55 Bird Hakea -- Hakea orthorrhyncha
|  56 Hakea "Burrendong Beauty"
|  57 Hakea "Burrendong Beauty"
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 58 Prominent Vein Grevillea -- Grevillea phanerophlebia Grows in the Northern Wheatbelt.
|  59 Prominent Vein Grevillea -- Grevillea phanerophlebia
|  60 Bottlebrush Grevillea -- Grevillea paradoxa Grows in the Northern Wheatbelt.
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 61 Bottlebrush Grevillea -- Grevillea paradoxa
|  62 Bottlebrush Grevillea -- Grevillea paradoxa
|  63 Large Trees at the top of the rise The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander War Service Memorial is just below the trees.
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 64 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander War Service Memorial Unveiled in 2001.
|  65 Inscription Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander War Service Memorial.
|  66 South of the River Zoomed across to a tall spire that caught my attention.
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 67 Thryptomene denticulata Grows in the Northern Heathland.
|  68 Thryptomene denticulata
|  69 Thryptomene denticulata
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 70 Fungi in a grassed area
|  71 Clump of Fungi
|  72 Fungi at the base of a Tree
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 73 Vegetation Native to the Darling Scarp
|  74 Pioneer Women's Memorial Fountain One of several water formations.
|  75 Pioneer Women's Memorial Fountain
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 76 Banksia 1 (original image) Decided to experiment with some in-camera editing while in the Banksia Garden. This is the Original Image.
|  77 Banksia 1 (colour accent mode) This is the same as previous image after in-camera editing with Colour Accent mode.
|  78 Banksia 2 (original image)
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 79 Banksia 2 (colour accent mode)
|  80 Banksia 3 (original image)
|  81 Banksia 3 (colour accent mode)
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 82 Banksia 4 (origianal image)
|  83 Banksia 4 (colour accent mode)
|  84 Banksia 5 (original image)
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 85 Banksia 5 (colour accent mode) My photo-shoot ended abruptly when I discovered I was carrying a spare set of flat batteries!
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