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A Nice Day Out with Wildflowers 2024

Headshot of Stephen Scourfield
Stephen ScourfieldThe West Australian
Stephen Scourfield
Grady Brand leaving the coach at one of our stops last year.
Grady Brand leaving the coach at one of our stops last year. Credit: Stephen Scourfield/The West Australian

We’re off into rural WA again, for some fresh air, to enjoy some companionship, to use our phones for photography and look for wildflowers.

Welcome to our … A Nice Day Our with Wildflowers 2024.

+ We will again have WA wildflower expert Grady Brand onboard. He has encyclopaedic wildflower knowledge and is a great interpreter and narrator of WA’s landscapes. Grady was senior curator for Kings Park and Botanic Gardens for many years and greatly responsible for the Kings Park wildflower festival. He was also heavily involved in Kings Park’s gold medal wins at the Chelsea Flower Show in London in 1997 and 2000.

+ And Mogens Johansen, our lead photographer and senior travel writer, will join us to show guests how to improve their phone photography.

+ Travel Editor Stephen Scourfield will be onboard to host and run the day, and tell the stories of the places we will visit …

Stephen Scourfield says: “We call our coach days A Nice Day Out, as that’s just what they are — a lovely, social day in country WA, with a bit of a hunt for wildflowers and lots of opportunities to learn more about our phone cameras.”

We are partnering with Australian Pinnacle Tours again — more great friends, with more than 35 vehicles in their fleet and locally owned and operated. We’ll be using a one of their premium charter coaches renowned for their superior comfort and five-star facilities featuring large viewing windows, onboard toilet, seatbelts and a fantastic sound system to hear the expert commentary from you driver and guides.

And Pinnacles is assigning one of their best drivers and botanical guides to our day trips, to help us spot those wildflowers.

Enjoying the wildflowers.
Enjoying the wildflowers. Credit: Stephen Scourfield/The West Australian

Only TWO DEPARTURES AVAILABLE

Tuesday August 27, 2024.

Wednesday August 28, 2024.

Departing from Crown, Burswood, at 8.30am.

Returning to Crown, Burswood, at 5pm.

Price: $179, including morning tea, lunch and guides.

Bookings https://www.australianpinnacletours.com.au/western-australian-tours/the-west-travel-club-country-coach-days

We’ll be in a comfortable coach.
We’ll be in a comfortable coach. Credit: Supplied
We’ll not only be looking for wildflowers, but hearing their stories.
We’ll not only be looking for wildflowers, but hearing their stories. Credit: Supplied
Spider orchid seen on one of our trips.
Spider orchid seen on one of our trips. Credit: Stephen Scourfield/The West Australian
Pink Isopogon divergens and yellow Verticordia acerosa seen last year.
Pink Isopogon divergens and yellow Verticordia acerosa seen last year. Credit: Stephen Scourfield/The West Australian
We’ll not only be looking for wildflowers, but hearing their stories.
We’ll not only be looking for wildflowers, but hearing their stories. Credit: Supplied
Grady Brand will tell the incredible story of WA’s banksias.
Grady Brand will tell the incredible story of WA’s banksias. Credit: Stephen Scourfield/The West Australian
Drummond’s wattle in wandoo seen in a previous year.
Drummond’s wattle in wandoo seen in a previous year. Credit: Stephen Scourfield/The West Australian
A previous year, with flowers in Chittering. Grady Brand
A previous year, with flowers in Chittering. Grady Brand Credit: Grady Brand/The West Australian
Wooroloo Brook running over Noble Falls on a previous year.
Wooroloo Brook running over Noble Falls on a previous year. Credit: Stephen Scourfield/The West Australian

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