These incredible banksias are only found in this area, but they are prolific here. They have amazing black loops.... This one is still damp from the early morning mist.
Wish i had a park like that nearby :) It's another great picture you made... And like Dione above it's the same for me, never seen or heard of this one before, beautiful.
Oh woweee, I recognised a banksia, of course, but I've never seen one like this with the black loops. Love the little droplets (tautology?), they make the flower glitter.
@casablanca Haaa - the loops eventually all fall apart!! and open up!! and just turn into bits and pieces. Surely not like your knitting??? Seriously though - they are fabulous - I took dozens of photos! :)
@suzanne234 Oh Suzanne - we've seen a Lyrebird there - but even better - we've listened to one in full song! They are the world's best mimics - so when they try to impress the ladies they go through the full repertoire - every imaginable bird song is reproduced and then they add assorted items like the noise of chainsaws, or bells, or whistles or telephones . We heard him singing for about 20minutes - along this very trail - he just filled the forest with noise. Unforgettable!! You truly would fall in love with them. :)
@robz I've seen a few videos on you tube of it's song, I was absolutely enthralled, what a treat to actually hear one in the wild. One of the clips even had a rather.... err shall we say friendly, couple of tourists but I'm not sure that was real!!
