Another cold but beautiful blue sky morning in the Dryandra Woodlands. Today we travel south then west along back roads to Frankland River, a small community run park, it has good clean facilities and situated close to the town shops.

It’s a quiet town on Sunday but we grab a quick bite at the ‘Diner’ before it closes and then lunch back at camp. Soon after we take a short drive to the Frankland River Wildflower Walk, the site of a proposed conservation park. The park is full of flowers and birds, the orchids here are abundant and stunningly beautiful. Such a picturesque and biodiverse woodland is worthy of strong environmental protection for science and as an asset to the local community.

More than 4,000 species of endemic plants and 100 endemic vertebrates have been recorded in the eco-region of the south-west of Western Australia, with many other plant species believed to yet be discovered. Many of these endemics are rare and endangered, giving south-west Australia the highest concentration of rare and endangered species on the Australian continent. An abundance of orchids can be found in this region from as early as March to late November and they have some interesting and diverse ways of expanding their population.