Back in January when we had a few days of 40° C plus in temperature, it was time to think about a short little break and immediately thought of
Kangaroo Island (KI as it is known locally here in South Australia). With work commitments, we were not able to get away for six weeks, but that did not matter as the weather should be perfect in March. January passed and with the coming of a new month, so did the rain. Keeping in contact with a chap that I had organised to obtain a key for viewing a
Lighthouse on private property, I was kept up to date with the latest weather reports and told just a week before going that the countryside was as green as early spring. Prior to this unseasonal heavy rain over much of KI, the Island had like many part of Australia been suffering drought conditions. It is not very often that you can trick Mother Nature, but that is exactly what the rain did, with the end result of many local
wildflowers springing into life and flowering many months out of their normal flowers periods.
The first things that I purchased when we arrived on the Island were two Wildflower Identification books that greatly helped me to identify the flowers that we did find. For the few that I could not find in the books, I contacted the Authors of one of the books, "
Kangaroo Island's Native Plants", Bev and Dean Overton who live in
Kingscote who was able to
check what I had found and to fill in the missing pieces of the jigsaw puzzle. Even though March is not recognized as the Wildflower season, we were rewarded with the following varieties of
wildflowers and have now pencilled another return trip in the spring when the Island is covered in countless varieties of
Wildflowers.
![Seaberry Saltbush - Rhagodia candolleana.]()
Seaberry Saltbush - Rhagodia candolleana.
![Seaberry Saltbush - Rhagodia candolleana]()
Seaberry Saltbush - Rhagodia candolleana
![Seaberry Saltbush - Rhagodia candolleana]()
Seaberry Saltbush - Rhagodia candolleana
![Fireweed Ixodia achillaeoides.]()
Fireweed Ixodia achillaeoides.
![Fireweed Ixodia achillaeoides.]()
Fireweed Ixodia achillaeoides.
![Fireweed Ixodia achillaeoides.]()
Fireweed Ixodia achillaeoides.
![Twiggy Daisy-bush Olearia ramulosa.]()
Twiggy Daisy-bush Olearia ramulosa.
![Twiggy Daisy-bush Olearia ramulosa.]()
Twiggy Daisy-bush Olearia ramulosa.
![Dryland Tea-tree Melaleuca lanceolata.]()
Dryland Tea-tree Melaleuca lanceolata.
![Dryland Tea-tree Melaleuca lanceolata.]()
Dryland Tea-tree Melaleuca lanceolata.
![Dryland Tea-tree Melaleuca lanceolata.]()
Dryland Tea-tree Melaleuca lanceolata.
![Dryland Tea-tree Melaleuca lanceolata.]()
Dryland Tea-tree Melaleuca lanceolata.
![Flame Heath Astroloma conostephioides.]()
Flame Heath Astroloma conostephioides.
![Flame Heath Astroloma conostephioides.]()
Flame Heath Astroloma conostephioides.
![Paper Flower Thomasia petalocalyx.]()
Paper Flower Thomasia petalocalyx.
![Paper Flower Thomasia petalocalyx.]()
Paper Flower Thomasia petalocalyx.
![Paper Flower Thomasia petalocalyx.]()
Paper Flower Thomasia petalocalyx.
![Hop Googenia Goodenia ovata.]()
Hop Googenia Goodenia ovata.
![Hop Googenia Goodenia ovata.]()
Hop Googenia Goodenia ovata.
![Hop Googenia Goodenia ovata.]()
Hop Googenia Goodenia ovata.
![Sea Spurge Euphorbia paralias]()
Sea Spurge Euphorbia paralias
![Sea Spurge Euphorbia paralias]()
Sea Spurge Euphorbia paralias
![Sea Spurge Euphorbia paralias]()
Sea Spurge Euphorbia paralias
![Silver Banksia Banksia marginate.]()
Silver Banksia Banksia marginate.
![Silver Banksia Banksia marginate.]()
Silver Banksia Banksia marginate.
![Silver Banksia Banksia marginate.]()
Silver Banksia Banksia marginate.
![Silver Banksia Banksia marginate.]()
Silver Banksia Banksia marginate.
![Desert Banksia Banksia ornate.]()
Desert Banksia Banksia ornate.
![Desert Banksia Banksia ornate.]()
Desert Banksia Banksia ornate.
![Desert Banksia Banksia ornate.]()
Desert Banksia Banksia ornate.
![Desert Banksia Banksia ornate.]()
Desert Banksia Banksia ornate.
![Scented Groundsel Senecio odoratus]()
Scented Groundsel Senecio odoratus
![Scented Groundsel Senecio odoratus]()
Scented Groundsel Senecio odoratus
![Scented Groundsel Senecio odoratus]()
Scented Groundsel Senecio odoratus
![Narrow Leaved Spyridium Spyridium phylicoides]()
Narrow Leaved Spyridium Spyridium phylicoides
![Narrow Leaved Spyridium Spyridium phylicoides]()
Narrow Leaved Spyridium Spyridium phylicoides
![Narrow Leaved Spyridium Spyridium phylicoides]()
Narrow Leaved Spyridium Spyridium phylicoides
![KI Correa Correa backhousenna var. orbicularis]()
KI Correa Correa backhousenna var. orbicularis
![KI Correa Correa backhousenna var. orbicularis]()
KI Correa Correa backhousenna var. orbicularis
![KI Correa Correa backhousenna var. orbicularis]()
KI Correa Correa backhousenna var. orbicularis
![Common Sour Bush Choretrum glomeratum]()
Common Sour Bush Choretrum glomeratum
![Common Sour Bush Choretrum glomeratum]()
Common Sour Bush Choretrum glomeratum
![Australian Trefoil Lotus australis]()
Australian Trefoil Lotus australis
![Australian Trefoil Lotus australis]()
Australian Trefoil Lotus australis
![Australian Trefoil Lotus australis]()
Australian Trefoil Lotus australis
![Two-horned Sea Rocket Cakile maritime]()
Two-horned Sea Rocket Cakile maritime
![Two-horned Sea Rocket Cakile maritime]()
Two-horned Sea Rocket Cakile maritime
![Two-horned Sea Rocket Cakile maritime]()
Two-horned Sea Rocket Cakile maritime
![Variable Groundsel Senecio pinnatifolius]()
Variable Groundsel Senecio pinnatifolius
![Variable Groundsel Senecio pinnatifolius]()
Variable Groundsel Senecio pinnatifolius
![Variable Groundsel Senecio pinnatifolius]()
Variable Groundsel Senecio pinnatifolius
![Heath Phyllota Phyllota pleurandroides.]()
Heath Phyllota Phyllota pleurandroides.
![Heath Phyllota Phyllota pleurandroides]()
Heath Phyllota Phyllota pleurandroides
![Heath Phyllota Phyllota pleurandroides]()
Heath Phyllota Phyllota pleurandroides
![Smooth Heath Myrtle Calytrix glaberrima.]()
Smooth Heath Myrtle Calytrix glaberrima.
![Smooth Heath Myrtle Calytrix glaberrima]()
Smooth Heath Myrtle Calytrix glaberrima
![Smooth Heath Myrtle Calytrix glaberrima]()
Smooth Heath Myrtle Calytrix glaberrima
![Golden Pennants Glischrocaryon behrii]()
Golden Pennants Glischrocaryon behrii
![Golden Pennants Glischrocaryon behrii]()
Golden Pennants Glischrocaryon behrii
![Island Boronia Boronia edwardsii]()
Island Boronia Boronia edwardsii
![Island Boronia Boronia edwardsii]()
Island Boronia Boronia edwardsii
![Cone Bush Isopogon ceratophyllus]()
Cone Bush Isopogon ceratophyllus
![Cone Bush Isopogon ceratophyllus]()
Cone Bush Isopogon ceratophyllus
![Fairy Fanflower Scaevola aemula]()
Fairy Fanflower Scaevola aemula
![Salmon Correa Correa pulchella]()
Salmon Correa Correa pulchella
![Salmon Correa Correa pulchella]()
Salmon Correa Correa pulchella
![KI Silver Bush Adenathos macropodinna]()
KI Silver Bush Adenathos macropodinna
![KI Silver Bush Adenathos macropodinna]()
KI Silver Bush Adenathos macropodinna
![Blue-spike Milkwort Comesperma calymega]()
Blue-spike Milkwort Comesperma calymega
![Blue-spike Milkwort Comesperma calymega]()
Blue-spike Milkwort Comesperma calymega
![Ruby Salt Bush Enchylaena tomentose]()
Ruby Salt Bush Enchylaena tomentose
![Ruby Salt Bush Enchylaena tomentose]()
Ruby Salt Bush Enchylaena tomentose
![Coast Silver Wattle Acacia retinodes var uncifola]()
Coast Silver Wattle Acacia retinodes var uncifola
![Coast Silver Wattle Acacia retinodes var uncifola]()
Coast Silver Wattle Acacia retinodes var uncifola
![Tates Grass Tree]()
Tates Grass Tree
![Tates Grass Tree]()
Tates Grass Tree
![Tates Grass Tree]()
Tates Grass Tree
![Tates Grass Tree]()
Tates Grass Tree
We were so impressed with the displays that we did find, that are now going back for two weeks in mid October for when all the
wildflowers are in full bloom and lets hope a bit more fine weather.