Wildflower Events

September

Dalwallinu Wattle Week Festival
Saturday 6 - Saturday 13 September 2008
Open: Daily
Tel: (08) 9664 1021 or (08) 9661 1001
Activities are organised each day in an area with some of the most diverse Acacia species in the world. Included are bush walk tours, evening barbecues and an evening barn dance.
A wildflower display at Wubin is also part of this festival.

Wubin Wildflower Display
Thursday 11 – Sunday 14 September 2008
Wubin Town Hall, Arthur Street
Open: 9.00am to 5.00pm
Admission: Adults $2.50, children free
Tel: (08) 9664 1021
View a display of over 200 wildflowers from the area.

Chittering Wildflower Show
Thursday 18 - Saturday 21 September 2008
Bindoon Town Hall
Open: 10.00am to 4.00pm
Admission: small fee
Tel: (08) 9576 1100
Plenty of attractions including a massed wildflower display, around 200 named specimens, guided tours, teas and wildlife marquee.

Kings Park and Botanic Garden Wildflower Festival
Monday 1 September - Wednesday 1 October 2008
Forrest Drive, Kings Park, West Perth
Open: Daily 9.00am to 5.00pm
Tel: (08) 9480 3600
As a showcase for Western Australia’s spectacular wildflowers, the Festival draws thousands of people each year. Display gardens and demonstrations are presented alongside a wealth of botanical information about many of the 12,000 species that grow wildwithin the state’s borders.

October   

Festival of Country Gardens
Balingup, Bridgetown, Manjimup and Nannup
Autumn Delights – Friday 2 & Sunday 4 May 2008
Prelude – Saturday 11 - Sunday 12 October 2008
Main Festival – Tuesday 28 October - Sunday 2 November 2008
Reprise – Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 November 2008
Tel: 1800 001 357 & (08) 9761 4475
Web: countrygardens.com.au
Gardens will be open for viewing in the four towns and in the surrounding countryside during the festivals which take place in autumn and in spring.    

Kojonup Spring Wildflower Festival
Friday 26 September - Wednesday 1 October 2008
Kojonup Visitor Centre, Albany Highway
Open: 9.00am to 5.00pm
Admission: Gold coin donation
Tel: (08) 9831 0500 or 0409 116 951
Magnificent wildflower displays feature more than 400 local species and organised bushwalks.

Wildflower Discovery Day Walk
Don’t just gawk at them! Come and learn about the many wildflowers in bloom on a guided walk (8km with some steep hills) near Kalamunda this spring. Anne Ireland, co-author of ‘Wildflowers of the Northern Bibbulmun Track and Jarrah Forests’, will assist you to identify the flora along the way. A signed book is included (RRP $24). A good level of fitness is required.
Sunday 5th October, 9.30am 
Cost: $60.00
Website: www.bibbulmuntrack.org.au

Victoria Plains Wildflower Walk
10am Sunday 5th October 2008
Boodadong Nature Reserve, Calingiri
Admission: Adults - $30 pre-paid, $35 at the gate. Children, aged 10-18 yrs - $10 pre-paid, $15 at the gate. *10% discount for pre-paid groups of 8 or more.
Tel: Shire of Victoria Plains on 9628 7004 or Fax: 9628 7008
Email: reception@victoriaplains.wa.gov.au
Enjoy a day in the country starting with morning tea, then a guided tour through natural bushland, and finishing with a bush lunch, entertainment and local produce stalls.

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November

3rd Annual Wongan Hills - Reynoldson Reserve Festival
Fri 7 November – Sun 9 November 2008.
Wongan Hills Visitor Centre: 08 96711973
E: wongantourism@westnet.com.au
Exhibition Opening:
5.00pm Friday: - Wine and Cheese,
Photography, Arts and Crafts.
Open all weekend. Devonshire teas, breakfast, live entertainment and stalls.
Reynoldson Reserve and Mt Matilda guided walks:
Saturday - BYO BBQ and live music at Mt O’Brien from 5.00pm.
Sunday - Thanksgiving Service with Community Voices Choir, BYO basket supper or BBQ 7.00pm.

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