22-24/10/22 Carnarvon to Galena

 

   After staying for a couple of extra days still waiting for the parcel , it was time to head off again . This section of road from Carnarvon southward is a tad , well , boring . You are driving through desert and it's totally uninspiring . Hence no photos from this section . We had a look at a few campsites along the way , but kept going to a site we've stayed at a few times - Nerren Nerren Rest Area . It was a busy stop this time , with about 10 others staying as well .

  Next day we headed further south to another free camp at Galena Bridge , we had a couple of stops along the way , the wildflowers were out everywhere . This plant did have some yellow flowers , but it was the thorns that got my attention . When I looked at the photo on the computer I found a tiny seed that had obviously got stuck on the furry leaf . 

    Here's some yellow everlasting daisies .

   There were masses of flowers beside the road , and further into the bush . The late rainfall has made a huge difference to what we've seen before .

    There were lot's of these as well

    Next stop , we went for a walk up a track for about 500m , all the vegetation looked like it wanted to be there and was thriving . there were plenty of different types as well - here they are -

   

  This one looks like it's a spotty flower , but it's white with the dark spots being the stamen of the flowers . 

   Always good to have some variation in colour .

   This is the Smoke Bush .

    All the natives thrive in the cream coloured sand .

    A different type of everlasting daisy .

    And being further south , we have arrived back in the northern wheat belt .

    These little yellow flowers were only about 20-30mm above the ground . They created a carpet of yellow .

   Getting to Galena Bridge , we made our way to a section that is quieter than the main area . This Desert Rose was right beside our van , here's a photo of 3 flowers in different stages closed , nearly open and fully open .

   We even had views down the Murchison River . 

   Our afternoon was spent reading and going for a walk down the river and around to a gravel road and back again . Fortunately for us we didn't get any neighbours - nice and quiet .