It was a perfect day for a wildflower walk when Sarah led our enthusiastic group along the Alexandria Bay track in Noosa National Park.
This coastal trail along the southern edge of the park’s headland section passes through open eucalypt forest and heathland. This dry heath supports a high diversity of flowering species.
The vegetation ranged from brush box, coastal banksia, grass trees and bloodwoods in the open woodland section to small sedges, irises, lilies and ferns in the heathland gullies. We even spotted two flying duck orchids.
The wildflowers were putting on a beautiful display as you can see from the photos.
We acknowledge conservationist, Kathleen McArthur, who was a founding member of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland. She was passionate about wallum heathlands and campaigned to have these plant communities protected in the Sunshine Coast region.
If you were unable to attend one of the UWG walks this month, September is still a good time to take a self-guided walk on one of the trails to explore the rich diversity and natural beauty of our local native wildflowers. Check the links below for further information.
Brochure ‘Wildflowers of the Sunshine Coast’ : click here to download
Brochure ‘Sunshine Coast Wildflower Festival Self-Guided Walks’ : click here to download
Vanessa Presling
