The Stirling Range National Park - Bluff Knoll (WA)
Submitted: Friday, Nov 20, 2020 at 12:32
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Mike & Kendra Cruisn1
Hi everyone - Our latest video features the
Stirling Range National Park and the ascent to
the summit of
Bluff Knoll (just after sunrise). Amazingly after the devastating fires in January 2020, the flora and fauna are now flourishing. The
wildflowers are in abundance making the various hikes
well worth the visit to this area. Included is an overview of the nearest camping location; The
Bluff Knoll Retreat. The Mt Trio
Bush Camp is equally as good and will feature in the next video the "Porongurups". Cheers Mike and Kendra
Stirling Range National Park -WA
Reply By: Erad - Saturday, Nov 21, 2020 at 07:54
Saturday, Nov 21, 2020 at 07:54
Magnificent place. Reminds me of when we were there, I was driving along track when my wife shouted at me "STOP". Naturally, I reacted immediately to such an urgent demand and slammed the braked on. When the dust settled, I checked in the rear vision mirror (a bit late...) "Back up" says my wife, so I reverse for about 25 m or so until she said Stop in a much more gentle manner. I asked why did we stop. She replied I saw an Orchid somewhere. So we got out and started walking into the
clearing beside the road, looking for this orchid. Finally, after about 5 minutes we saw this tiny little orchid. It was so far away from the road and so small that this could not have been the one she saw from the road. Having finally satisfied herself that she had found the orchid, we turned to walk back to the car, only to be confronted by a whole field of orchids . We had actually been walking through them, but they had been facing the way we were walking and we simply didn't see them. There was an enormous splash of colour on the return the back to the car. It was superb. This is a superb area to visit. The rest of that trip we saw heaps pf different
wildflowers that day.
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Follow Up By: Darian - Saturday, Nov 21, 2020 at 19:15
Saturday, Nov 21, 2020 at 19:15
Ah yes...SW-WA is an impressive region...we were there in Spring a few years back and happened to stumble into one of the best wildflower seasons they'd had for ages. Blew us away...the range of flower types and colours has to be seen. And one of the big factors (as I recall) is the impoverished, sandy soils in some
places....these areas had the best displays ! The camera had a right good thrashing on that trip.
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