In Search of Wreath Flowers

Sunday, 26 August 2012

After saying goodbye to Mingenew, we ventured southwards to Three Springs, Carnamah and then to Perenjori. We checked into the caravan park and during the next five days we explored the area. We gathered some information from the Visitor’s Centre and other travellers and ventured 85kms out of town to view an incredible area of Wreath Flowers. These flowers stretched for a couple of hundred metres and in places were so close together that they touched each other.

Our return trip to Perenjori was via Camel Soak, a large rock and surrounding area used to water stock in years past. Here we found several orchids and everlastings.
Former neighbours, Ross & Brenda stayed next to us for one night and we were able to share many stories of our respective travels. A very enjoyable evening.

31 August 2012

After hooking-up and leaving Perenjori we travelled through some typical grain growing areas until we arrived at Wubin. We had a look through their machinery museum which is housed in an old grain bin. Crawf found a few interesting exhibits. After lunch we made our way to New Norcia, a small settlement entirely owned and operated by a community of Benedictine Monks. The community was started in the 1850’s to farm the land and educate the aboriginal children. The order has been very successful in all it’s enterprises and and the community is very wealthy, owning a large area of farm land, beautiful buildings, all of which were built by the monks and their helpers, and also a priceless collection of art and artifacts. There are only eight monks in residence these days but they now employ dozens of workers. New Norcia is an incredibly beautiful, interesting and peaceful place to visit.