Kings Park Festival 2008

Kings Park Festival 2008

Wildflowers of Western Australia, including Everlastings, Kangaroo Paw, Boronia, Sturt's Desert Pea, Wattle, Featherflower, Qualup Bell, Eremophila, Geraldton Wax, Verticordia, Grevillea, Hakea, and many other species, make a colourful display at the 2008 Kings Park Festival. Of special interest is the 750 year-old Giant Boab (Adansonia gregorii) which was recently transported over 3,200 kms from the Kimberley Region as a gift from the Indigenous Gija people to the people of Western Australia. 'Gija Jumulu' is a majestic tree which will hopefully adjust to its new location and live for many more years.

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Boab Tree (Adansonia gregorii) In a world first, this giant 750 year-old Boab was transported over 3,200 kms from Warmun in the Kimberley Region to Kings Park in Perth, as a gift from the Indigenous Gija people to the people of Western Australia.	Seed Pods on Boab Branches This giant Boab named 'Gija Jumulu' was officially planted in Kings Park on 20th July 2008 in a commanding position near the Two Rivers Lookout. These seed pods will be harvested, seedlings raised and returned to the Kimberley area.	Massive Boab Trunk This iconic tree is estimated to be 750 years old, weighs 36 tonnes, stretches 14 metres high and 8 metres wide (branch span). Its trunk measures 2.5 metres in diameter.	Sturt's Desert Pea Swainsona formosa	Sturt's Desert Pea Swainsona formosa
Sturt's Desert Pea Swainsona formosa	Mangles Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos manglesii	Mangles Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos manglesii	Mangles Kangaroo Paw Anigozanthos manglesii	Senna stricta Southwest of Western Australia
Senna stricta Southwest of Western Australia	Senna artemisioides Desert areas of Western Australia	Tall Mulla Mulla Ptilotus exaltatus	Parakeelya Calandrinia remota	Tall Mulla Mulla Ptilotus exaltatus
White Everlasting	Bright Pink Everlastings	Pink Everlastings	Field of Everlastings	Everlastings standing tall
Everlastings attract Bees	Native Wisteria Hardenbergia comptoniana	Silky Eremophila Eremophila nivea	Purple Flag Patersonia occidentalis	Verticordia galeata Northern Heathland
Verticordia galeata Northern Heathland	Verticordia galeata Northern Heathland	Swan River Daisy Brachyscome iberidifolia	Everlastings and Daisies	Wiry Everlasting Schoenia filifolia
Qualup Bell Pimelea physodes	Qualup Bell Pimelea physodes	Mondurup Bell Darwinia macrostegia	Swan River View from Kings Park Kangaroo Paws in foreground	Grasstree and Kangaroo Paw
Green and Gold of Australian Bush Swan River view from Kings Park	Wattle Species Acacia	Ashby's Banksia Banksia ashbyi	Wattle Species Acacia	Bee on Ashy Hakea Hakea cinerea