25th September 2014
Fitzgerald NP is outstandingly beautiful and we had perfect weather to visit. Parks and Wildlife have spent a lot of money this year upgrading the road into the eastern end of the park and upgrading facilities within the park. They have done a great job.
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| Royal Hakea |
Fitzgerald NP is another biodiversity hotspot and we were amazed at just how many different flowers and plants we came across at the very first place we stopped. The Queen of them all is the Royal Hakea, which has leaves tinged from pale green through to orange and yellow. A most remarkable plant and it is totally unique to a small area of this coastline and nowhere else on earth.
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| East Mt Barren from Cave Beach |
We did two walks, the first across sand dunes from a large inlet to the coast. The inlet is currently blocked off with a sandbar, but this changes from time to time.
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| Hammersley Inlet |
The second walk was more challenging, a 200 metre climb, more or less straight up East Mt Barren. The mountain is quartz so a very interesting walk over the rocks. The view from the top was astounding.
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| View west from East Mount Barren |
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