Gairdner River looking Downstream The Gairdner River flows through the pristine Fitzgerald River National Park to the Southern Ocean.
| Gairdner River looking Upstream The Gairdner River is popular for Canoeing and provides a pleasant flatwater paddle.
| Gairdner River Upstream View of the Gairdner River.
| Gairdner River Downstream View of the Gairdner River.
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River Bank On the Bank of the Gairdner River.
| Parting view of the Gairdner River Upstream view of the Gairdner River.
| Four-Winged Mallee Young Four-Winged Mallee (Eucalyptus tetraptera).
| Four-Winged Mallee Flower The opening Flower of the Eucalyptus tetraptera.
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Flowers Four-Winged Mallee Flower Buds of the Eucalyptus tetraptera.
| Grevillea nudiflora One of many species of Grevillea.
| Toothbrush Grevillea Unusual Grevillea with Toothbrush-shaped Flower.
| Toothbrush Grevillea Side view showing Toothbrush-shape of flower.
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Far Horizons View across Southern Mallee Shrublands towards farming land of Jerramungup.
| Posy Starflower (Calytrix leschenaultii)
| Pink Myrtle
| Vegetation beside the Road Southern Mallee Shrublands.
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Fitzgerald Biosphere A Biosphere reserve is an area dedicated to exploring how people and nature can flourish together.
| Caterpillar Tractor This Caperpillar Tractor now rests at Jerramungup after being used to clear the land for farming.
| Clawflower Colourful Clawflower at Jerramungup.
| Jerramungup Story 1 Mural depicting the History of Jerramungup. The first inhabitants were the Aborigines.
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Jerramungup Story 2 Early Explorers Sailed around the Coastline.
| Jerramungup Story 3 Following exploration by John Septimus Roe, graziers arrived with flocks of Sheep.
| Jerramungup Story 4 Further exploration took place in the Gairdner River area.
| Jerramungup Story 5 The Hassell Homestead was built of stone in 1859 by the Hassell Family.
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Jerramungup Story 6 The second Hassell Homestead was built in the late 1800's, about 6km from where the town of Jerramungup now stands.
| Jerramungup Story 7 In 1953 under the War Service Land Settlement Scheme, 133 farms were created and ex-servicemen who had completed war service became soldier settlers.
| Jerramungup Story 8 The unique and Internationally recognised Fitzgerald River National Park represents 48% of the Biosphere.
| Colourful Pea Flowers Flowering brightly in Jerramungup.
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Flower Buds of Yate Long-fingered flower buds of this Jerramungup Eucalypt.
| Buds and Seed Cones Long-fingered flower bud and spikey seed cones of Jerramungup Yate.
| Jerramungup Farmlands Explorer John Septimus Roe first used the name Jerramungup to refer to the area.
| Zoomed to Farmlands The Wheat and Sheep Farming Shire of Jerramungup is located 429km SE of Perth.
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Jerramungup Road
| Rural View at Jerramungup
| Tall Trees at Jerramungup
| Can you find the Bird? The Bird was a bonus when I zoomed up to photograph these flowers.
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Roadside Colour Roadside Colour while travelling between Jerramungup and Dumbleyung with www.wanderer.com.au
| Round-leaved Pig Face (Disphyma crassifolium).
| Colour Contrast (Disphyma crassifolium).
| The Road Behind The road from Jerramungup.
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