WILDFLOWERS IN KALBARRI

 

2025 Wildflower Season is shaping up beautifully, with vibrant blooms beginning to burst from the Coastline through to our Inland National Park. Winter has brought just the right amount of rain, setting the scene for another spectacular display of colour.

Come into the Kalbarri Visitor Centre for the latest reports on sightings and pick up our specially curated wildflower map for just $2 -  your guide to the best spots for an unforgettable wildflower adventure. 

*wildflower growth and sightings are subject to seasonal weather and rainfall*

 

TRAVELLER BEHAVIOUR FOR THE WILDFLOWER SEASON

 

 

2025 WILDFLOWER REPORT (APRIL - NOVEMBER)

SEEN ON COASTAL CLIFF AREAS:

  There have been sightings of the Murchison Rose flowering along with  Murchison Magic, Red Grevillea, Native Yams & Holly Leaved Tailflower, 

 Kalbarri Carpet, Hairy Mirbelia and Purple Thryptomene.

 

 SEEN WITHIN THE INLAND NATIONAL PARK:

Within the National Park there have been sightings of Wattles, Hakeas, Pink Poker's, Star Flowers, Native Yam, Red Grevillea, Bird Beak, Purple Thryptomeme.

KALBARRI SKYWALK:  Broom Milkwort, Pink Bridal Rainbow (Drosera) and Orchids.

Z BEND LOOKOUT: Sightings of various Orchids can be found in this area including: Snail Orchid, Spider Orchid, Cowslip Orchid, Pink Fairy Orchid and Blue Fairy Orchids.

KALBARRI ROADSIDES: Here we are finding Acorn Banksia, Sandplain Woody Pear, Pink Everlastings, Parakeelya.

 

SEEN WITHIN TOWN CENTRE AND SURROUNDS: 

The town has  Purple Thryptomene, Coastal Ray Flower, Geraldton Wax, Scholtzia, Parakeelya, Holly Leaved Tailflower.

 

 

From July to October, more than 12,000 wildflower species carpet the Mid West region with their vivid and vibrant beauty, 60% of which are found no where else on Earth.

Did you know that Western Australia has the largest variety of wildflowers in the world?

Some are very hard to find so tread lightly and be prepared to walk to find the more rare and smaller species. The climate does play a role in the abundance and variety that appear in the National Parks every year. If we experience a particularly dry winter there will be less flowers and the rarer species harder to find. One thing we can tell you is that you will be amazed at what you will experience in the Kalbarri National Park areas. Beginning in late June, the dry sand plains and coastal and river gorges of Kalbarri National Park transform into a vivid display of colour. In the five months that follow, over 1,100 species of Western Australian wildflowers can burst into bloom across the Kalbarri region.

 

WILDFLOWER BOOKS & GUIDES TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S WILDFLOWERS

If you time your visit to coincide with the wildflower season, be sure to stop in at the Kalbarri Visitor Centre for the latest wildflower updates and sighting information. We have great local knowledge and also receive constant updates from local guides, making us the best place to find all the flower gossip, including what species are flowering and where. We stock a range of wildflower books that cover the West Australian area. 

We love to share pictures and stories from our visitors, please #kalbarri on Instagram and Facebook with any flowers that you may have discovered on your visit.

A wildflower map of the Kalbarri area can be purchased for $2 at the Kalbarri Visitor Centre. This map has listings of where different flowers can be sighted, what time of year the different species should emerge and a list of the beautifully rare orchids to be found in this region, including the Kalbarri Spider Orchid, which can only be found here! 

You can also use our exclusive Kalbarri Wildflowers book as your identification guide and as a reminder of your visit to our beautiful region.

The book and the map are both written and published by the Kalbarri Visitor Centre, the book available for purchase in the centre for only $9.95.