Bold Banksias 3

You can still find a few Slender Banksia (aka Candlestick Banksia) flowers in Bold Park – though it’s right at the end of their flowering season.

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Bold Banksias 2

Another Banksia flower that you can see in Bold Park is Firewood Banksia. Most of the flowers are still buds, but this one is nicely open.

Bold Banksias 1

It’s autumn here in Perth – not the best season for wildflowers. But there are plenty of Banksias flowering in Bold Park at present. This one is an Acorn Banksia.

Birds and Bees

The Slender Banksia trees in the bushland of Perth’s Bold Park still have plenty of bright yellow flower heads.

The flowers are very popular with birds, like the White-cheeked Honeyeater above, and also with bees.

Christmas Candles

There are plenty of flowers on the Candle Banksia (Banksia attenuata, aka Slender Banksia) in the bushland of Perth’s Bold Park at present.

And dead flowers/seed pods from last year as well.

Urban Wildlife

We’ve also seen plenty of interesting wildlife in Perth recently. During our walks in the bushland of Bold Park, we noticed the Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike above, just taking to the wing. By contrast, the family of Tawny Frogmouths below sat very still and pretended to be part of the tree.

And this Bobtail Goanna was hoping that we couldn’t see it hiding in the undergrowth.

Wildflowers in Season

We’ve been for a few walks through the bushland of Perth’s Bold Park recently. The spring wildflowers are past their peak, but there are still plenty to look at. The Grasstrees (above) have their tall, spear-like flower heads in full bloom. They are very popular with the bees.

There are also pretty triggerplants flowering in the undergrowth.

And the One-sided Bottlebrush looks like it has been decorated, ready for Santa to leave presents underneath.