DAY 1 | FRI 3 September 2027 (D) Home to Geraldton

Meet your Ross Tour Leader Grahame Rowe at Sydney Airport for your Qantas flight to Geraldton via Perth. Or join the tour in Geraldton. Enjoy our Welcome Dinner tonight with your fellow travellers. 

Ocean Centre Hotel, Geraldton

DAY 2 | SAT September 2027 (B/L) Coalseam Conservation Park

Explore Mullewa’s remarkable Wreath Leschenaultia before continuing to Pindar and Coalseam Conservation Park, where carpets of colourful wildflowers, rugged ochre cliffs and ancient river valleys create one of WA’s most spectacular landscapes.

Ocean Centre Hotel, Geraldton

DAY 3 | SUN 5 September 2027 (B/L) Pinnacles Desert 

Travel south from Geraldton along Western Australia’s spectacular coastline to Cervantes, gateway to Nambung National Park. Explore the extraordinary Pinnacles Desert, where thousands of ancient limestone formations rise dramatically from golden sands, before continuing to Perth.

Duxton Hotel, Perth

DAY 4 | MON 6 sep (B/L)

Perth to Albany

Travel south to the historic port town of Albany through majestic forests of ancient Marri Bloodwoods & towering Jarrah trees. Stop for lunch at Kojonup. Go hunting for delicate spider & cowslip orchids. Check in to our hotel for the next four nights.

Hilton Garden Inn, Albany

DAY 5 | TUE 7 September 2027 (B/L) Valley of the Giants

A bucket list day! Ascend into the treetops of some of the tallest trees on earth. The Valley of the Giants Treetop Walk gives you a bird’s eye view of ancient red ‘Tingles’ (Eucalyptus jacksonii). 

Hilton Garden Inn, Albany

DAY 6 | WED 8 September 2027 (B/L) Albany

A day to explore WA’s southern coastline, with its bounty of diverse flora. First, we head to the lookouts at The Gap and Natural Bridge for panoramic views of the Southern Ocean. Nearby is the Regional Wildflower Centre, a botanic hotspot with over 10,000 indigenous plants.

Hilton Garden Inn, Albany

DAY 7 | THU 9 September 2027 (B) Stirling Range 

Highlight today is the Stirling Range & Porongurup National Park, top hot spots for wildflowers, possibly the best anywhere! You will be hunting for terrestrial orchids, banksias and Qualup bells, to name a few.

Hilton Garden Inn, Albany

DAY 8 | FRI 10 sep (B/L/D)

Albany to Hopetoun

We are travelling to Hopetoun today with a lunch stop in Ravensthorpe to visit the Ravensthorpe Wildflower Show, a celebrated exhibition to showcase the abundance of floral diversity in this region. It’s a mind-blowing display! 

Wave Crest Village, Hopetoun  

DAY 9 | SAT 11 September 2027 (B/L/D)

Fitzgerald River National Park

More wildflowers today in Fitzgerald River National Park including Qualup Bells, Possum Banksias, Regelias, the Bell-Fruited Mallee, Scarlet Banksia and the Albany Woolly Bush. 

Wave Crest Village, Hopetoun 

DAY 10 | SUN 12 September 2027 (B/L/D) Ravensthorpe

We’re off to explore the triangle between Hopetoun, Jerdacuttup and Ravensthorpe, recognised as one of the most botanically significant areas in Australia. See banksia artwork painted wheat silos and the Ravensthorpe Range.

Wave Crest Village, Hopetoun

DAY 11 | MON 13 September 2027 (B/L/D) Hopetoun to Esperance

Travel south today, through wetlands & Mallee country where roads are lined with pink-barked Salmon Gums, to the turquoise fringed waters of Esperance.

Hospitality Inn, Esperance

DAY 12 | TUE 14 September 2027 (B/L/D) Cape Le Grand

First stop this morning is Cape Le Grand Beach to view Frenchman Peak, then onto Hellfire Fire Bay, Thistle Cove and Lucky Bay, to see kangaroos on the beach. Later you arrive at Esperance Stonehenge, before we return to your hotel. 

Hospitality Inn, Esperance

DAY 13 | WED 15 September 2027 (B/L/D) Esperance to Hyden

Today we travel through more Salmon Gum country where carpets of wildflowers colour the landscape. At the little town of Hyden, visit the 2,700 million-year-old Wave Rock.

Wave Rock Hotel, Hyden

DAY 14 | THU 16 September 2027 (B/L) Hyden to Perth

We travel through Wheatbelt Country back to Perth. Lunch stop at Corrigin, ‘Town of Windmills’. Return to the luxurious Duxton Hotel near the Swan River for two nights.

Duxton, Perth 

DAY 15 | FRI 17 September 2027 (B/D) Everlasting Kings Park

It’s show time in Perth’s famous Kings Park, a fitting end to our journey. This is the 63rd Everlasting Kings Park Festival. Farewell Dinner at the Duxton tonight.

Duxton, Perth

DAY 16 | SAT 18 September 2027 (B) Perth to Home

Leisurely breakfast this morning before we leave for the airport and homeward flight.