We set off from Jurien Bay down to Lesuer National Park. It’s been raining and the roads are muddy but possible and as we drive, we can feel Donna enjoying some more time on the dirt roads. Lesuer National Park has a loop call the Park Drive Trail. As soon as we turn in we can see colourful patches of flowers along the roadside. We crawl slowly along this drive at maybe 10 to 20 km/h taking in the bright pops of colour next to the earthy road and the low green bush rolling out across the hills in every direction.
The grey clouds overhead are not threatening but they make the colours of flowers even brighter against a dark backdrop. Occasionally we stop to explore a section of flowers or to let a more impatient car pass us by. The range of colour and shape of the flowers is beautiful, though it’s Anna‘s exclamation and joy that brings me the most happiness on this drive. In small moments on the drive the road may turn and dip leading us into a grove where new or different plants and flowers will come into view. Each one is exciting in its own right. The flower are sometime are right alongside the road or other times they extend deep into the brush.
After taking a couple of hours to drive only a few kilometres we reach the end of the Trail. Donna is covered in red mud up to her windows and is looking very proud. We head back to Jurien Bay where we warm ourselves up with clam chowder.
On our way down to Cervantes, we drive past the Lake Thetis Stromatolites. By the time we arrive at our accommodation for the night we’re hungry again for more West Coast seafood and the local hotel really meets this desire with lobster muscles and squid, which are all absolutely amazing.
