Cape Le Grand NP, Nature, Birds and Stuff

I know you're wondering how I managed to go to a National Park WITH A DOG but the answers quite simple ... Maggie went to doggy day care.  Expensive but hassle free and she coped happily with the resident chihuahua, pre-school child and vacuum cleaner.  And I got to go to a beautiful national park, do some walks, see some great views and discover a wealth of interesting plants.  I could go on and on but I think I'll just let some photos tell the story ... 

How to ruin the best beach in the world ... let anyone drive up and down it!

I have been amazed by the number of flowering plants that I'm finding, whether in the national parks, nature reserves or just the roadside verge.  I know some but others are a mystery to me.

The one-sided callistemon

And then there were the birds.  Lots and lots of New Holland honeyeaters as well as various little supersonic (which means too fast for me to go and get my camera) little ones.

I know, I know.  Not a bird but cute!

White-browed scrubwren

Western wattlebird on a showy banksia (that's what it's called)