western australia

We've been away looking at wildflowers

Road sign near Geraldton, Western Australia

@JudyEv (341824)

Rockingham, Australia

August 17, 2016 2:09am CST

We returned this morning from a fortnight spent north of Perth, Western Australia, looking at wildflowers. We took our bus/motor-home and two other couples travelled in their motor-homes too. Mostly we camped in free camping places, moving from area to area to try to find the different wildflowers that are now blooming in the northern, warmer areas. I now have dozens and dozens of photos of wildflowers so will be spending a few happy hours sorting photos for slideshows. One of the early photos I took was of a road sign warning motorists of wildlife that could be on the roads. Shown here are the kangaroo, emu and echidna. We saw one live kangaroo and a few dead ones, no emus but three echidnas. We were very lucky to see these as they are not all that common. The echidna deserves a post all on his own but for now, it's great to be back and I'm off to catch up with all your writings.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

17 Aug 16

Welcome back, I was thinking to you yesterday, I was sure you were vacationing.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

18 Aug 16

@JudyEv I think you have been away a couple of weeks. I am still not fully active here. I have so many things to do outside.

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Aug 16

@LadyDuck When the weather is nice I like to get out in the sun and do other things too.

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Aug 16

It's nice to be back among my friends here. I seem to have been away a long time. :)

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@ilocosboy (45156)

• Philippines

17 Aug 16

wow that's great you take a camp my family wish to have a camp even in our backyard they want to experience it.am also fond of wildflower when distribute some goods in upland i use to look for wildflower and my wife loved too

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Aug 16

Some of the areas we were in become a great colourful paddock once the rains come.

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@ilocosboy (45156)

• Philippines

17 Aug 16

@JudyEv soon flowers will decorate surrounding because of rain.

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Aug 16

@ilocosboy The land is completely changed once the rains come.

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@sishy7 (27167)

• Australia

17 Aug 16

I have drink coasters that look similar to that road sign...

Welcome home! Look forward to your photos!

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Aug 16

I had to take this photo through the window of the bus. As soon as I saw it I had a mad panic to try to get my camera out and aimed up. Thanks for the welcome home. It is nice to be home actually.

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Aug 16

Thanks for the welcome. I bought some nice coasters for the neighbours who kept an eye on Herc for us.

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@Tampa_girl7 (50606)

• United States

17 Aug 16

That's a really neat road sign. Welcome back.

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Aug 16

Thanks. I try to get photos of all the different road signs but it's hard sometimes.

@xFiacre (13127)

• Ireland

20 Aug 16

@judyev I wondered where you had gotten to. Sounds like a great trip.

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Aug 16

Thanks. We did enjoy it. Even got down to T-shirts one day.

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@TopAppDevelopers (53)

• Mumbai, India

17 Aug 16

i often overlook road signs..lol

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Aug 16

We saw a few that were a bit different from the ones we usually see.

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@hereandthere (45645)

• Philippines

18 Aug 16

emus remind me of ostriches, while echidnas remind me of porcupines.

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Aug 16

I can see why each would remind you of the other.

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@valmnz (17097)

• New Zealand

18 Aug 16

I love the sign Judy. I hadn't realised the echidna was an Australian animal - thought it was African for some reason, sorry.

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Aug 16

No need to be sorry. All countries have their strange animals don't they? One variety occurs in New Guinea too.

@Inlemay (17713)

• South Africa

18 Aug 16

Welcome back - looking forward to reading and seeing some new slide shows of your photos

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Aug 16

Thanks. It's nice to be back reading what everyone has been up to. :)

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

18 Aug 16

Welcome home!

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Aug 16

Thanks. It's been fun catching up with everyone again.

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

17 Aug 16

What is an echidna?

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Aug 16

I'll tell you in my next post!

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@teamfreak16 (43418)

• Denver, Colorado

17 Aug 16

Glad it was a good time. Looking forward to the slideshows.

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Aug 16

It is cold and wet here again with more to come. That's one reason we went away. We thought it would be more warm and sunny and that when we got back the worst of winter would be over.

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@Ronrybs (19588)

• London, England

17 Aug 16

It all looks very green. I imagine Australia to be mostly desert, away from the cities

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Aug 16

We saw some magnificent crops and lots of very green pasture. You need to get away from the coasts to get to the desert but even in winter the land can be quite green.

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@responsiveme (22926)

• India

17 Aug 16

Looking forward to stories of your travels. hadn't heard of echidnas

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Aug 16

They are unique to Australia. It seems many haven't heard of them.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

17 Aug 16

Look forward to your slide shows Judy. Good to see you back.

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 Aug 16

Thanks. It's nice to be back among my internet friends.

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