 Ribbon Gums
Ribbon Gums (Eucalpytus sheathiana) at The Breakaways.
|  Ribbon Gum Information
While Bark Stripping occurs in a number of woodland Eucalypts, it is this Ecalyptus sheathiana or Ribbon Gum which makes one of the more spectacular displays.
|  Upper Ribbon Gum
The upper part of this Ribbon Gum which has now shed most of its Bark.
|  Lower Ribbon Gum
Fallen Bark around the Base of a Ribbon Gum at The Breakaways.
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 Ribbons of Bark
Lower part of Ribbon Gum with some Bark still shedding.
|  Huntsman Spider
Happily living inside the Eco-toilet.
|  The Breakaways
A section of The Breakaways showing Eucalypts growing on the upper layer.
|  The Breakaways
Showing the hard horizontal top layer and the soft under layer which is undercut and worn away by erosion.
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 The Breakaways
In what is one of the oldest geological regions on earth, the so-called Yilgarn Block, soil types of any softness have gradually eroded through the ceaseless action of wind and water. Only those areas with a hard laterite (ironstone/granite) top have resisted this grinding and reshaping.
|  Eucalyptus Trees
Eucalyptus Trees at The Breakaways.
|  The Breakaways
Sections of the harder rock.
|  The Breakaways
Sections of harder rock and surrounding vegetation.
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 Road through the Eucalypts
|  Eucalypts at The Breakaways
|  The Breakaways
Although in the Shadows, this shows the hard surface layer overhanging the eroded softer under layer.
|  The Breakaways
The colours of The Breakaways.
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 The Breakaways
The colours are a consequence of varying soil types, with Laterite types giving Rusty Reds, and Shales and Sandstones the softer Yellows and Whites.
|  Leaving The Breakaways
|  Travelling on
Time to move on towards Hyden.
|  Roadside Grevilleas
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 White Plume Grevillea
Grevillea pterosperma.
|  Orange Flame Grevillea
Grevillea excelsior.
|  Orange Flame Grevillea
Grevillea excelsior.
|  Pink Spike Hakea
Hakea coriacea.
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 Coneflower
|  Posy Starflower
Calytrix leschenaultii.
|  Wattle (Acacia)
|  Pink Featherflower
Verticordia picta.
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 Yellow Featherflower
Verticordia grandiflora.
|  Dainty Featherflower
Verticordia inclusa.
|  Grevillea teretifolia
|  Sticky Halgania
Halgania andromedifolia.
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 Myrtle
|  Photographing Wildflowers
Travelling with www.wanderer.com.au
|  Gravel Road
Golden glow of the late afternoon sun on the gravel road.
|  Lakeside Sunset 1
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 Lakeside Sunset 2
|  Lakeside Sunset 3
|  Lakeside Sunset 4
|  Dawn at Hyden
Early morning walk in the rural town of Hyden.
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