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Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve was my next destination. We had visited the rock area in a south west portion of the reserve
when tracing the Holland Track route previously. The 4WD track to this area is now signed (below).
Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve encompasses over 32,000 hectares within the Lake Grace and Kulin Shires. It includes many different
soil and vegetation types. The reserve is home to a number of rare or endangered species of flora and fauna. Endangered species
at the national level include the Red-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale calura), Hoffman's spider orchid (Caladenia hoffmanii), and the
Lake Varley Grevillea (Grevillea involucrata). There are also a number of flora and fauna species listed as vulnerable at the national
level, and others listed as rare or threatened at the State level. From Australian Heritage Database
Some of the many wildflowers seen at Dragon Rocks reserve. Verticordia (top left), Phebalium filifolium
(top right), Melaleuca cordata (above) and Thysanotus (above right).
(top right), Melaleuca cordata (above) and Thysanotus (above right).
Turning west towards Kulin, the Kulin-Hold Rock Road, this took me past the South East Hyden grain receival bin, which operates at
peak times. Wheat was being unloaded here.
