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Dwarf Wedge Pea
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Despite the dry conditions and late season some small gems are making an appearance at last! Deep mauve flowers of the Short Purple-flag, Patersonia fragilis, are emerging…
4 November 2025
Twining Fringe-lily
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In this dry year it is great to see many of our plants still thriving. Large shrubs of Rusty Pomaderris, Pomaderris ferruginea, putting on a great show,…
12 October 2025
Golden Wattle
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The Surf Coast has front row seats for Wattle Day on 1 September with 21 species, and most are in flower. Top spot has to…
4 September 2025
Small Sheoak
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This month requires real sleuthing to find the hidden delights of Honeypots, Acrotriche serrulata.  Honeypots What appears to be young terminal flowers are actually bundles of…
1 August 2025
Prickly Cryptandra
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Every day when I walk out my back door, I feel I am being stared at and teased by scores of ‘eyes’ on my Varnish…
29 June 2025
Common Heath
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We are so fortunate to be able to enjoy leafy green trees and flowering plants on our winter walks, plus the wonderful eucalyptus aroma after…
30 May 2025
Red Ironbark flower
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Some of our iconic trees are putting on their usual fine show for this time of year undeterred by the current dryness. Along the coast…
2 May 2025
Prickly Broom-heath - male
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The low growing bushy shrub Prickly Broom-heath, Monotoca scoparia, is a highlight for me this month, despite the inconspicuous nature of its numerous tiny white flowers.…
5 April 2025
Beaded Glasswort
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If you can’t go on the Angair Walk on Sunday 30 March, you can still get in some good seasonal observation on an individual walk…
7 March 2025
Moonah flowers
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Now is the time to visit the coastal Wild Forests, so-called by the grandchildren of an Angair member, of our iconic Moonahs, Melaleuca lanceolata. In…
2 February 2025