A true country experience just hours from home.

From Coorow in the South to Mullewa in the North ‘wildflower country’ offers you the opportunity to view some of the most magnificent displays of Australian Native flowering plants anywhere. Add the chance to experience the country way of life and you have a great holiday experience, all within easy reach of Western Australia’s capital city Perth.

If you’re heading north for the winter or just looking to break away from the city, take the time out to enjoy all that ‘wildflower  country’ has to offer.

Getting There
All roads heading north from Perth travel through some sections of wildflower country.

If you’re looking for a nice relaxing holiday, consider avoiding the main highways in favour of the quieter Midlands Road, that will lead you through the heart of Wildflower Country and offer easy access to all the area has to offer.

Wildflowers
Wildflower Country is home to one of the most diverse and colourful range of plants in the world.

From fields of everlastings to the diverse flowering plants. You will continue to be amazed.

The western and southern section of Wildflower Country is one of the world’s richest flora areas – and home to acres of shrubby vegetation known to Aborigines as “kwongan”, a dense mixture of different plants, including the scarlet flowers of the staghorn bush, the soft grey of smokebush and the pink and yellow of verticordias.

The eastern and northern Wildflower Country is a complete contrast, with carpets of everlastings, the unique and distinctive Wreath Flower as well as the bright orange wild pomegranate, bright pink native foxgloves, many species of orchids, grevillea, acacia, purple darwinia and dampiera, thriptomene, smokebush, woody pear, cassias, eremophila, blue cornflower and yellow bells.

Take your time, pull up and have a wander around the many reserves and areas of native bushland, with 1000’s of flowering plants on offer you won’t be disappointed.

And don’t forget local knowledge, you can always ask at the tourist centres for maps and flower locations, they are only too happy to assist.

Featured Attraction

Hawes Heritage Trail
The Hawes heritage trail is a journey of inspiration and surprise, revealing some of the finest architecture in the state. Monsignor John Hawes legacy is a trail of beautiful churches, from the splendid cathedral in Geraldton to tiny country chapels. Every structure is different, designed in harmony with the land and consisting mostly of rough textured local stone and simple lines.
 
A British born architect who spent time as an Anglican Minister in the Bahamas before converting to Catholicism, Hawes spent just 24 years in Australia in which time he designed and in some cases built 15 churches. Upon his return to the Bahamas, using the name of Father Gerome, he continued to design and build many churches and colleges. An amazing man, he is a legend both in the mid-west WA and overseas, one of the truly great men of our century.
 
Settling in Mullewa he serviced a large and scattered parish on horseback, designing and building Our Lady of Mt Carmel, an exquisite little church in Romanesque / Mediterranean style of rough – hewn stone. The lovely little priest house he build next to the church is now a museum dedicated to him. He conducted open air masses for the local aboriginal people outside Mullewa where a large rock served as the alter. In the Mullewa Pioneer Cemetery is a headstone Hawes made for an altar boy who died in tragic circumstances.  >>>