Mingenew and Tenindewa

We decamped from Three Springs and headed to Mingenew for breakfast pies. The pie shop has changed hands and now run by Vietnamese. Pies weren't as good as I remembered but they were ok. Whilst we were having our pies, a lady walked in and recognised us from somewhere and it turned out that we were on the same tour to Kutna Hora in Prague. They were Pauline and Tim from Geraldton.
From the pie shop, we went to the Mingenew monument and found an ant and a spider orchid. Then we went to Depot Hill and found a 'herd' of Cowslip orchids, Blue Beard and a Spider orchid.
We are now set up in Tenindewa in amongst a carpet of Everlastings. On the way back to the car, a lovely young man asked if we enjoyed the walk and the wildflowers. Ruby had a little chat with him and found out that the group he was with are the traditional land owners and were at Depot Hill doing some maintenance. She thanked them for sharing their beautiful land with us.
Mullewa was rather deserted when we arrived for late lunch. We thought it'd be buzzing as the Outback Bloom Wildflower Festival starts tomorrow. We shared a generous and delicious serve of fish and chips at Railway Hotel.
At our free camp in Tenindawa Pioneer Well, we chose a spot rather close to the main road as the tracks are still rather boggy from last weekend's rains. Also, we did not want to drive through more boggy or submerged tracks to get in and out of our camp as we are expecting some rain in the next few days and we are here for 4 nights. We found a lovely campsite amongst everlastings, and a group of spider orchids.Read more