Walk 4 - Spring Wildflower Walk
45 mins return (moderate)
Start at the Visitors Centre. Follow the walk shown in MAUVE on the map. Follow the Wildflower Walk down towards the creek. Look for a profusion of wildflowers in spring, patches of Nodding Greenhood orchids, and the endemic Small Grass Tree, Xanthorrhoea minor, as well as patches of colourful spring wildflowers including Chocolate Lilies Arthropodium strictum, Milkmaids Burchardia umbellata, Blue Pincushions Brunonia australis, Love Creeper Comesperma volubile , Curling Everlasting Coronidium scorpioides and various native orchids.
Further along, look for acacia species. There are at least eight species of Acacias in Yarran Dheran ranging from Golden Wattle, A.pycnantha (Australia’s national emblem), blackwood wattle A. melanoxylon to Spreading Wattle A. genistifolia, a low growing understorey shrub with spiky leaves.
Flowering wattles are a feature of Yarran Dheran especially during late Winter and Spring.
Turn right at Yellow Box Track and walk around the ponds to return to the Visitors Centre.
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