Time for a walk

I took June for a stroll through the bushland this afternoon - the bushland flowers are at their peak - there were so many flowers to look at it took hours for us to get around the 1.5km route.
The local everlastings (Podolepis gracilis) are particularly abundant this year, and visible almost everywhere in the bushland.


The scented sun orchid (Thalymitra macrophylla) has eventually emerged after weeks of cloudy weather.


Swan River Myrtle (Hypocalymma robustum) is a delight to the eye.

Prickly customers

Years ago we removed a prickly pear from the eastern boundary of the bushland - looked like it had been dumped. We haven't seen a prickly pear since ... then, today we came across two of them!

Vicki joined us today - told us about some potential problems - vetch growing near the noticeboard, fox holes to deal with, and a few bulb species.

The spring showers have been great for orchids this year. This is one of the spider orchids currently out - looks like a 'Rusty Spider Orchid' Caladenia sp..

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Peak flower period

Last weekend was just fabulous in the bushland - it is at its peak in spring flowers. Came across a new one to me - Pimelea sulphurea (yellow banjine) - which isn't in flower yet - so something to watch out for. John and I continued pulling out freesias.
Blue lechanaultia

Fringe lily

Bristly conostylis

Pimelea sulphurea

Morning iris

Cats paw

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Aboriginal sites in Perth's Western Suburbs

We occasionally need information about Aboriginal Heritage sites when going for grants, so I have put the data from the Dept of Indigenous Affairs website here. Note, this is current for 2008, and is likely to change over time. Definitive data can be found at the Inquiry System site.

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Fire history of Shenton Bushland

This is map of the area burnt by the fire of October 1997

This is a map of areas burnt by fires between 1997 and 2009.
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A pink fairy emerges

I found this pink fairy orchid at the spot where I was puzzling over some emerging orchids a couple of weeks ago - so now I know what the pink fairy's look like when the emerge.


Came across this callitris while working on a patch of freesias. It is an obvious invader from the army land just 100 m to the west - and there are quite a few callitris planted there.

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Flinders Ranges Wattles removed

This is provided to enable discussion with Health Department of WA about management of the bushland. It shows all of the Flinders Ranges Wattles removed from the bushland in the past few years (by the Friends of Shenton Bushland Inc).

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