 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.
|  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.
|  Pair of Galahs at Nest entrance
Chicks could be heard inside the hollow.
|  Galahs at mouth of Nest
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 Galahs still watching me
|  Galahs change positions
|  Galahs looking into the Nest
|  Red-lobed Wattle Bird swings from a branch
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 Wattle Bird camouflaged in Tree
|  One Galah still guards the Nest
|  Rainbow Lorikeet
Introduced to Western Australia from the Eastern States.
|  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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 The Swan River and South Perth
Old Swan Brewery built 1879 in foreground.
|  Meeting of the Swan and Canning Rivers
Viewed from the Glass Arched Bridge of the Federation Walkway.
|  Travelling at speed on the Swan River
|  Glass Arched Bridge of Federation Walkway
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 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.
|  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.
|  Qantas flies overhead to Perth Airport
|  Among the Tree Tops on Federation Walkway
Walking towards Roe Gardens in search of wildflowers.
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 Parrot Bush -- Dryandra sessilis
|  Parrot Bush -- Dryandra sessilis
|  Bees gathering nectar in Parrot Bush
Dryandra sessilis
|  Dwarf Sheoak (male)
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 Dwarf Sheoak (male)
|  Grevillea leucoclada
|  Grevillea leucoclada
|  Bee on Grevillea leucoclada
Grows in the Northern Heathland.
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 Mt Barren Grevillea -- Grevillea macrostylis
|  Mt Barren Grevillea -- Grevillea macrostylis
|  Hakea myrtoides
|  Hakea obtusa
Colour of flowers darkens with age.
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 Hakea obtusa
The opening flower is pale pink.
|  Hakea obtusa
|  Hakea obtusa
Grows in the Southern Heathland.
|  Australian Magpie
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 Buds on Cauliflower Hakea
Hakea corymbosa
Grows in the Southern Heathland.
|  Diel's Grevillea -- Grevillea dielsiana
|  Diel's Grevillea -- Grevillea dielsiana
|  Diel's Grevillea -- Grevillea dielsiana
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