Pictured above: Participants view the wildflowers including Lasiopetalum sp.
Photo acknowledgement to Lyn Alcock
Photo acknowledgement to Lyn Alcock
Sunday September 16 was a beautiful sunny spring day, which may have been just what was needed to draw a big crowd of families with children, seniors and farming people to Tarin Rock Nature Reserve. People travelled from Narrogin, Wagin, Newdegate and Lake Grace joining the locals to enjoy a two hour tour - discovering the names of the wonderful wildflowers growing near Hill’s Road. With expertise help from Jolanda Keeble and local Botanist, Anne Rick there was not a spare moment when a wildflower was being pointed out and named. A couple of local keen photographers took advantage of the vast array of brightly coloured flowering shrubs and other delicate plants along the track and were able to capture some wonderful images (theses can be viewed on The Wildflower Society of Western Australia (Inc.) or Western Australia Native Orchids face book pages.
We were delighted also to have enticed members from the Narrogin Naturalist (Nat’s) Club and with their vast knowledge of flora species, ensuring all requests for a flower name were happily shared amongst the Group. At the end of the Tarin Rock tour, most of the group drove into Kukerin town site and during lunch many took the opportunity to view the vast array of orchids growing at the entrance to Nenke Park.
In the afternoon another tour was led by Howard (Spike) Edwards at ‘Candlelight Farm’, located north of the Candlelight Reserve. It was here the group enjoyed viewing many flora species found growing on different soil types. There was a huge display of different species growing, specifically on the iron stone ridge including Grevilleas and Gastrolobium spp. then Smokebush, Acacia and Lambstail spp. were found on the deep sandy soils. At the final location, on top of a breakaway ridge an excellent display of magnificent orchids from the majestic spiders to the brightly coloured rabbit orchids were found.
On behalf of the Dumbleyung Landcare Office many thanks is extended to Jolanda Keeble, who is voluntarily collating a ‘Field Guide on the Flora of the Tarin Rock Nature Reserve’ to be available to the public in 2020. Jolanda is travelling from Perth every month to spend four days recording flora species and would welcome assistance for this project, either with field work, plant identification, photos or from monetary donations.
Also, a big thank you to Anne Rick who voluntarily travelled to the site from Newdegate and offered her expertise knowledge identifying the flora spp. for everyone who attended the event.
The day was a great success and congratulations to the people who made it happen, especially to the members of the Nat’s Club who assisted in every way and Spike, our other enthusiastic tour leader.
If anyone would like more information regarding Jolanda’s field trips to Tarin Rock Nature Reserve, please contact her on 0439978550 or tarinrockbook@gmail.com. The next organised guided wildflower tour will be held in October 2019.
Article by C.Hadlow
Photo acknowledgement to Lyn Alcock
We were delighted also to have enticed members from the Narrogin Naturalist (Nat’s) Club and with their vast knowledge of flora species, ensuring all requests for a flower name were happily shared amongst the Group. At the end of the Tarin Rock tour, most of the group drove into Kukerin town site and during lunch many took the opportunity to view the vast array of orchids growing at the entrance to Nenke Park.
In the afternoon another tour was led by Howard (Spike) Edwards at ‘Candlelight Farm’, located north of the Candlelight Reserve. It was here the group enjoyed viewing many flora species found growing on different soil types. There was a huge display of different species growing, specifically on the iron stone ridge including Grevilleas and Gastrolobium spp. then Smokebush, Acacia and Lambstail spp. were found on the deep sandy soils. At the final location, on top of a breakaway ridge an excellent display of magnificent orchids from the majestic spiders to the brightly coloured rabbit orchids were found.
On behalf of the Dumbleyung Landcare Office many thanks is extended to Jolanda Keeble, who is voluntarily collating a ‘Field Guide on the Flora of the Tarin Rock Nature Reserve’ to be available to the public in 2020. Jolanda is travelling from Perth every month to spend four days recording flora species and would welcome assistance for this project, either with field work, plant identification, photos or from monetary donations.
Also, a big thank you to Anne Rick who voluntarily travelled to the site from Newdegate and offered her expertise knowledge identifying the flora spp. for everyone who attended the event.
The day was a great success and congratulations to the people who made it happen, especially to the members of the Nat’s Club who assisted in every way and Spike, our other enthusiastic tour leader.
If anyone would like more information regarding Jolanda’s field trips to Tarin Rock Nature Reserve, please contact her on 0439978550 or tarinrockbook@gmail.com. The next organised guided wildflower tour will be held in October 2019.
Article by C.Hadlow
Photo acknowledgement to Lyn Alcock
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