Day 1 of my stay in the Mid-West

Some of the abundant wildflowers and orchids I found in the Mid-West ....... 

The lack of early rain has affected the Wildflowers and Orchids flowering, but there's still plenty to find when you look closely .......

Springtime in the Mid-West

Springtime 

Having been away in the Mid-West of Western Australia for a week I thought I'd better write about the fabulous open spaces of the Northern Wheat Belt. 

Grain crops abound in the region and are growing beautifully .......

These are the only crop photos I took as I was concentrating on the Wildflowers and Orchids which will be in another blog very soon!

Bush Treasures

I do love the Australian Bush and enjoy wandering in it whenever I can.

This week was a trip to some of the burned areas in the Stirling Ranges National Park.

I found orchid leaves which gave me high hopes for many beautiful flowers to come in the next few weeks and months

I saw other beautiful native flora including a rare Priority 4

What is my attitude?

It's your attitude, not your aptitude that determines your altitude.

Being happy in life is not about what you have or what you can get, but how you treat others and how you treat yourself.

The person with the right attitude is more adaptable and able to change the way they do life because they think of others and how the decisions they make will affect those around them.

As you continue to be consistent and keep your attitude right success will follow. Sometimes it takes longer than you anticipate but by moving forward you will succeed.

Be the best you and see the best in others.

Bluff Knoll ......

On 26th June 2020, I climbed to the top of Bluff Knoll in the Stirling Ranges. I trained and was prepared for this, I have been eating well, exercising daily, doing Pilates and Yoga, and taking Young Living's Ningxia and recovery supplements every day. I've had very little stiffness and no sore areas in the few days following the climb.

The trail had been closed after a bushfire started by lightning on Boxing Day last year and has recently reopened.

It was very cold and windy as we approached the summit. I thought I was going to be blown over by the strong wind gusts. My hiking poles were put to good use and I was able to steady myself and kept my feet firmly on the ground.

A strong wind blew clouds up and over the summit and the outlook changed dramatically.

I was slow and steady, it took me 4 hours to get to the summit and 2 hours 50 minutes to return, which included about 20 minutes at the summit to have a rest and something to eat.

Having achieved this goal I am now thinking of my next challenge.

This is - The next time .....

After climbing down to the bottom and then back up these stairs a few days ago, I decided to do some of them twice.

This is the section I did twice. 

It's a long way down.

The Southern Ocean.

The area has beautiful Western Australian native flora. These Leek Orchids are very small and I needed to lay down on the Boardwalk to take the photos.  

After completing the stairs I walked west to the end of the Boardwalk. It was very refreshing, the next time I'll do even more of the stairs and walk east along the track and find more treasures of the bush.

The western end of the Boardwalk.

Once was enough .... until next time

Today I walked the stairs at Sandpatch, Albany, they go down to the waters edge at The Albany Wind Farm, are quite steep and there's 500 of them.

I chat to whoever's around when I go for a walk, and today I was encouraged by a gentleman several years older than me who's been walking these stairs 5 times down and up 'on the days he doesn't take a long ride of his bike' for several years. I thought I was doing well going down and up once, but after chatting with him next time I'm doing some of them twice! Not sure which bit but I'm going to do more!

The Southern Ocean is such an amazing colour and when I get up this close it's fabulous, and even if I only had my phone I'd take a photo. Today I had my Olympus TG5 and my phone so I was able to use both, these photos are taken with the Camera.