Description
The Fitzgerald River National Park is renowned for its spectacular scenery and diverse flora which is home to a number of threatened animals. The park surrounds the inlets of the Gairdner, Fitzgerald and Hamersley Rivers, between Bremer Bay and Hopetoun on the south coast about 180 kilometres north east of Albany.
More than 1,800 beautiful and bizarre species of flowering plants, lichens, mosses and fungi, have been recorded, representing nearly 20 per cent of the total number of plant species in Western Australia, in only a fraction of the state.
Between August and November is an ideal time to visit this park as the shear variety and beauty of the wildflowers are a botanists dream. Another peak in flowering occurs in autumn but intermittent flowers throughout the year provide a constant floral display.
