When we aren’t travelling the world or caravanning somewhere in Australia we live in one of the best places in Australia, on the Mornington Peninsula. So when our local Australian Plants Society group took a cool summer’s day walk at Bridgewater Bay in Blairgowrie we joined in. There aren’t a lot of car spaces but you can park at the end of St Johns Wood Road, which is what we did. From there our group started following the sandy trail towards the coast. As a group interested in native plants we were happy to see a good variety of indigenous coastal plants as we went.

Here are some of the group setting off along the well treed sandy trail.

Lomandra was growing along the edge of the trail.

Some Melaleuca and Warragul Greens were too.

At times we had to duck down below low hanging twisted branches of the ti-tree.

Strong winds had blown tree branches into interesting sculptured growth.

These Rhagodia berries provided some colour.

Lots of Correa alba was in flower.

This groundcover succulent was doing well.

This isn’t my best photo but the pincushion bushes (Leucophyta brownii) were well in flower.

Here’s some photos of the view out as we came to the sea.

Dense groundcover plants were halting the effects of erosion here.

Even though they hadn’t burst open these Eucalyptus pods were interesting.

Some grasses along the trail.

Bridgewater Bay

Cassinia in bloom.

View of exposed rock platform. Normally this isn’t visible but because it was the time of the month for the lowest tides it was visible.

We headed further down the trail nearer to the water

and were rewarded with an even better view of the rock platform as the waves came in.

From there we made our way back along the trail. Here’s one we missed on the way down. I’m not sure what it is. Perhaps someone knows and can tell me.

Even though we’d come for the plants and flowers along the trail, seeing the exposed rock platform had been a real bonus. It’s a short walk but well worth it if you’re down on the Mornington Peninsula near Blairgowrie and want a walk along a quieter trail.