The southern part of Western Australia has the reputation of becoming ablaze with wildflowers in springtime. Spring being not that far away, I have witnessed the prelude of Nature’s great symphony. The fields went from ochre to green, and progressively yellow the farther south I drove. The countryside was covered in yellow lilies in some places. This being said, I felt I had to make a small detour and backtrack a bit north to see Badgingarra National Park. Wandering along the paths inside the park allowed me to see up close a myriad of wildflowers, most of them less than a centimeter wide. Water being scarce for most of the year, plants try to lose as little as possible to evaporation, thus reducing the size of their flowers and leaves. In order to attract bees and other insects, they compensate for their lack of size by showing off the brightest of colors. Such details can only be appreciated up close, and for once I agree that a picture is worth a thousand words. That’s why the gallery going with this article is much bigger than the others. It all left me speechless, and I’m not sure I’d be able to convey the emotions even in French.
