Even though winter is upon us taking a walk is always on our agenda. So when our Mornington Peninsula Australian Plants Society group organised a walk at Bunarong Park in Frankston we were interested to join in. The tricky bit is that there are not a lot of car parking spaces there so we made sure we were a bit early so we could snare a spot. Right next to it was a lovely garden adjoining the park with a beautiful Hakea ‘Burrendong Beauty’ in bloom.

Our group met and we were soon on our way up to the Lookout.

Lots of Acacia suaveolens were in bloom.

Here’s some empty seed pods from one.

Some Xanthorrhoea minors were just finishing flowering.

Lots of Heath plants (Epacris impressa) were also flowering.

The seed pods on the Allocasuarinas were profuse.

Once we made it to the Lookout the views to the west across Port Philip Bay were great. It was a pity it was so cloudy.

Interestingly some fungi had started growing in a rotted part of the Lookout framework.

From the Lookout we continued on the wide, sandy track

past a water storage tank

and down through an area with lots of Banksias.

Along the way we also saw Olearias with their small, white daisy flowers,

some Hibbertia,

some green Correa reflexa

and some red Correa.

At the next signboard we diverted down the Wedding Bush Way.

The trail here was narrower and the bush was denser.

More pink heath was in flower.

Even though they are tiny there were also some red flowers on the Allocasuarinas.

When we rejoined the main track

we made our way back to the carpark for a hot drink. The walk is only about 2 kms but there’s plenty to see and visiting in different seasons would be worthwhile.