Exploring the Beauty of Wildflower Country: A Guide to Mullewa and Mingenew

Now I am writing this after just visiting the wildflowers on the 8th-10th of September, so I cannot guarantee that what I saw, you will see! But if you do come in wildflower season, this little detour inland is definitely worth it!

We left Geraldton (with everything stocked up as this is the last place for an Aldi/Coles until Perth) in the afternoon and headed to our free camp for the night at Bingo Lookout Geraldton (no facilities). After getting a good spot overlooking the fields below, we made dinner and had a decent sleep (there were a few trains but they didn't bother us!).

Wreath flowers

In the morning, we set off to Mullewa and stopped off at the dirt patch with toilets on the right as you come in for breakfast and to get ready for the day. Our first spot was the wildflower walk, which you can find by doing a little walk from the town, from the caravan park or from the signpost that says ‘Lovers Lane Walk’. The walk is around 2.2 km and takes you in a loop through lots of different flowers, some metal art flowers, and a cave. After this, we drove through the town, saw some of the historic buildings (town hall, masonic lodge, etc.), and then headed towards the wreath flowers.

The wreath flowers are about 33 km away from Mullewa. It's all sealed roads until you get to the turnoff at Pindar where it's a less than 10 km drive on a dirt road but completely fine on a 2WD. When arriving at the flowers, you'll come to a split road, park on the left road and walk through a little walkway to reach the wreath flowers. I found them pretty cool but Adam said it just looked like a flower had been stepped on - I'd say it's worth it though! On our way back to Mullewa, we stopped off at Mount Carmel Church and it was beautiful! Definitely worth a little look inside!

From here, we headed down to Coalseam National Park. The road down is sealed and then it's a dirt road from the turning to the NP. There is a little water passage in and out but we were fine. Once there, we decided to go straight to Irwin Lookout, have some lunch, do the mini cliff walk, and look out from the lookouts at the Irwin River and cliffs below. Afterward, we headed to do the Plateau Loop Trail (3.2 km) and saw many different flowers, took some flowery pictures, and had some really nice views. We even passed an elderly couple who had been going there for 25 years and this was the best they had seen the flowers! After the next water passage, it's back onto sealed roads!

Banoffee pie

After we got back to the van, we headed down to Mingenew and had the best caramel slice so far! It's a very busy little bakery, but at 2/3 pm, it still had lots of pies and sweet treats available.

We then drove to Depot Hill Reserve and did the 1.4 km to the old firing range trench. Look out for little orchids here! It was an easy walk and lots of beautiful flowers!

Both a little tired, we decided to head to camp for the night. At Ellendale Pool (free and with facilities). It was all sealed roads until we reached Burma Road, which is unsealed, but we found it fine in our 2WD. This is about 32 km and a good shortcut to Ellendale. Ellendale doesn't have a signal, but lots of people are swimming and there are good facilities!