Ecotourist Highlights In April and May
Frequent warm still autumn days are excellent for walking, having picnics and looking for birds and native animals. A few plants are beginning to flower, so look carefully. As a guide download the Flowers of Foxes Lair April-May version.
The tiny Common Bunny Orchid (Foxes Lair), and Hare Orchid (Highbury Walk) may be found in late April/May after summer/autumn rain.
• If you are staying in Narrogin, consider an evening or early morning walk on one of the five walk trails to enjoy the bush and birds, and get a glimpse of local kangaroos
• Try the new Three Mesas walk at Candy Block and see the giant grass tree
• It is good time to see endangered marsupials Barna Mia Nocturnal Animal Sanctuary tours: Friday, and Saturday (except for public holidays
• There are several good bush picnic spots at this time of the year
• Go on a numbat, echidna and bird spotting drive through Dryandra Woodland. ( get a guide from Dryandra Country Visitor Centre)
• Consider a an evening or morning climb to see the sunrise/ sunset from Yilliminning Rock
• Go for a picnic to Toolibin Lake to see waterbirds, learn about the lake and see Woolly Banksias at Toolibin Cemetery. You could go via Albert Facey House in Wickepin.
The tiny Common Bunny Orchid (Foxes Lair), and Hare Orchid (Highbury Walk) may be found in late April/May after summer/autumn rain.
• If you are staying in Narrogin, consider an evening or early morning walk on one of the five walk trails to enjoy the bush and birds, and get a glimpse of local kangaroos
• Try the new Three Mesas walk at Candy Block and see the giant grass tree
• It is good time to see endangered marsupials Barna Mia Nocturnal Animal Sanctuary tours: Friday, and Saturday (except for public holidays
• There are several good bush picnic spots at this time of the year
• Go on a numbat, echidna and bird spotting drive through Dryandra Woodland. ( get a guide from Dryandra Country Visitor Centre)
• Consider a an evening or morning climb to see the sunrise/ sunset from Yilliminning Rock
• Go for a picnic to Toolibin Lake to see waterbirds, learn about the lake and see Woolly Banksias at Toolibin Cemetery. You could go via Albert Facey House in Wickepin.
