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Wildflowers at Coal Seam, Western Australia

@JudyEv (325720)

Rockingham, Australia

August 24, 2016 7:36am CST

One of the places we visited while looking for wildflowers north of Perth, Western Australia, was Coal Seam, so named for a seam of coal exposed in the banks of the river. The coal attracted miners in the early days but ended up not being viable. Coal Seam is well-known as a wildflower 'hot spot'. We paid to have a camping bay here as there is no free camping in the area. The expanses of pink and yellow are the various varieties of everlastings, sometimes called straw flowers. I will have more slideshows of individual wildflower varieties but here is a taste of some we saw at this stopover.

Wildflowers at Coal Seam, Western Australia

I created this video with the YouTube Slideshow Creator (http://www.youtube.com/upload)

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@Hate2Iron (15730)

• Canada

24 Aug 16

Sounds awesome... I really hope that I can find a meadow or something full of wild flowers. Nothing spectacular as of yet. Will keep looking!!

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@cacay1 (83223)

• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines

24 Aug 16

Truly awesome and lovely works of nature.

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Aug 16

I guess every country has its own native wildflowers.

@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Aug 16

@cacay1 They are truly beautiful. I will some close-ups to share with you soon.

@CinnamonGrl (7083)

• Santa Fe, New Mexico

24 Aug 16

So gorgeous. I would love to go see that. We have some nice wildflower country around here, too, but you have to go out several times to catch them at the right times, especially in very dry years.

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Aug 16

Ours are better some years than others too but we've have good rains this year.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

24 Aug 16

No wonder the flowers became wild if miners went there digging up the ground, it would annoy me too.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

25 Aug 16

@JudyEv Yes it must be annoying to have those tourists taking photographs all day.

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Aug 16

And now they're just pestered by tourists taking endless photos of them. Ah well, we all have our crosses to bear.

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Aug 16

@Asylum They get their own back if you happen to be attractive to the tiny midgies that seem to frequent these places.

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@silvermist (19702)

• India

26 Aug 16

@JudyEv Awesome photo.So is the video.Looking forward for those close up photos.

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@silvermist (19702)

• India

26 Aug 16

@JudyEv yes,I did and thank you.

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

26 Aug 16

Glad you enjoyed the video. :)

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@Ronrybs (17849)

• London, England

24 Aug 16

Now that is my idea of a camping spot!

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@Ronrybs (17849)

• London, England

25 Aug 16

@JudyEv Now that's my idea of a relaxing evening

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Aug 16

@Ronrybs We haven't done a lot of travelling here lately but apparently 'happy hour' is pretty common in many camping areas.

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@Ronrybs (17849)

• London, England

25 Aug 16

@JudyEv Its always Happy Hour somewhere in the world!

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@everwonderwhy (6697)

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24 Aug 16

Wow! That's spectacular sight! It must be very lovely there in WA in spring. Are there gazanias covering the side roads as well? We enjoy everlastings , freesias, daffodils here on our land. Cherry plum blossoms on trees also color the side walks. I wish we could visit Western Australia.

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Aug 16

We did see some gazanias. They must be spreading from gardens I think. We will have more wildflowers round our own area in a few weeks. They start blooming earlier in the north.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

25 Aug 16

Wow, what a lovely place to camp.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

25 Aug 16

@JudyEv Oh yes, that would be a beautiful morning.

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Aug 16

It was lovely to wake up there and look out onto the flowers.

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@marguicha (215389)

• Chile

26 Aug 16

A beautiful slideshow and more beautiful still wild flowers

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

26 Aug 16

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed them.

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@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

25 Aug 16

What a beautiful lace. I am still stunned that you have free camping in Western Australia, nothing is free here.

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@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

25 Aug 16

@JudyEv wow that is wonderful.

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Aug 16

There are plenty of places where you can go and pay. The free places don't have many facilities although at two places where we went where the Shire (local government) owns the caravan park, you can pull up there, dump your chemical toilet waste and household rubbish, fill up with water, have a hot shower, all for free. I guess the thinking is that you'll hang around for a while and spend money in the town. There are books of free camping sites too.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

24 Aug 16

There are some flowers that I recognized, but some are new to me. The wildflowers are beautiful.

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@LadyDuck (458006)

• Switzerland

27 Aug 16

@JudyEv I agree, the beauty of wildflowers is to see them massed together.

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Aug 16

When massed together they look really lovely. Single blooms are sometimes a bit 'ordinary'.

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@DaddyEvil (137145)

• United States

2 Sep 16

You found some beautiful flowers in bloom, didn't you?

I am always so surprised at all the different shapes and colors nature has used to create such wonderful blossoms! I checked out several of your videos after I watched this one, too.

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Sep 16

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed seeing our wildflowers.

@sueznewz2 (10409)

• Alicante, Spain

26 Aug 16

great slide show.... the flowers are a carpet of colours... sometimes its worth paying to stay in some of the campsites for the extra facilities ... but also the views and surroundings....

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Aug 16

Our campsites seem to vary a great deal in price. Glad you enjoyed the flowers.

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@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

25 Aug 16

stunning - I love that they blanket the earth with their colours

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Aug 16

They're beautiful aren't they? I've sent you a postcard but can't remember if it's of the birds of Rainbow Jungle or of wildflowers. Just posted it today so don't start looking for it yet.

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@miniam (9154)

• Bern, Switzerland

24 Aug 16

I dont know why but i have never liked wild flowers,to me they are just too much a mix of everything and the eyes can not enjoy.

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Aug 16

So do you like formal gardens to just be blocks of particular flowers and not all jumbled? I'm just curious. Many of our wildflowers are very significant and tiny but when massed together they make an impact.

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@miniam (9154)

• Bern, Switzerland

25 Aug 16

@JudyEv They do not have to be blocks of flowers of same variety but wild flowers are not my favourites and it`S hard to fiind wildflowers well arranged color wise like the photo above

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@kaka135 (14916)

• Malaysia

24 Aug 16

All those are wild flowers? They look really pretty. I like to grow some wild flowers in my garden, as they look pretty and easy to grow.

I never heard about Coal Seam, thanks for sharing!

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Aug 16

Yes, these just grown naturally and flower every spring after the winter rains.

@Tampa_girl7 (48929)

• United States

25 Aug 16

What a lovely place.

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Aug 16

It was a very pleasant spot. Quite a few others thought so too.

@Jessicalynnt (50525)

• Centralia, Missouri

24 Aug 16

I want to hop in the photo and follow the path

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Aug 16

You were battling to get a photo of a single flower without treading on dozens.

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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)

• United States

24 Aug 16

wow! ya jest seem heck-bent with these beautiful temptations, lol. what a lovely sight!

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

25 Aug 16

We had a lovely few days there.

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@moffittjc (118435)

• Gainesville, Florida

25 Aug 16

Love the photo of the wildflowers! We've got a couple of areas here outside of the city where I live that have beautiful blooms like that every spring! It's always a wonderful sight to see! I love seeing all the color when the flowers bloom!

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Aug 16

It was lovely to see the flowers spreading for so far under the trees.

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@teamfreak16 (43421)

• Denver, Colorado

24 Aug 16

Very nice photos!

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@JudyEv (325720)

• Rockingham, Australia

24 Aug 16

Thanks. I'm glad you like them.

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