AustralianWildflower Tours
A field carpeted in yellow everlastings

Wildflowers at walking pace.

Small-group wildflower and outback tours across Western Australia, led by John Perkins for over 30 years.

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No. 001SEP
Everlastings, Coalseam
Rhodanthe & Schoenia spp.
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Two kinds of tour · one guide

Find your tour

Wildflower tours follow the bloom from August to October. John's Adventure Tours run all year. Every group is 20 people or fewer.

Wildflower season · Aug to Oct

Wildflower Tours

Queen of Sheba orchid
Queen of Sheba Wildflower Tour
4 days · Great Southern · 5 seats left
Departs 17 Aug
$2,750
Guests admiring a banksia
Very Special Wildflower Tour
6 days · Mid West · 6 seats left
Departs 7 Sep · the Wreath Flower hunt
$4,685
Banksia flower
Walpole Banksia Tour
5 days · South West · 6 seats left
Departs 21 Sep
$3,590
Guest sketching wildflowers
Verticordia and Royal Hakea Tour
7 days · Great Southern · 6 seats left
Departs 19 Oct
$5,250
All wildflower tours
All year round

John's Adventure Tours

Perth city skyline from the river
John's Perth Day Out
1 day · Perth
Runs daily
$295
Historic Goldfields town hall
Goldfields, Esperance and Wave Rock
7 days · Goldfields to the coast
Monthly: May 2, Jun 6, Jul 4, Aug 1, Sep 5, Oct 3, Nov 7, Dec 5
$5,250
Guest leaping in front of Wave Rock
WA Highlights Tour
7 days · Wave Rock and more
Monthly: May 8, Jun 12, Jul 10, Aug 7, Sep 11, Oct 9, Nov 13, Dec 11
$5,250
Guest with a kangaroo on an Esperance beach
Goldfields, Esperance, Wave Rock and Southern Wonders
13 days · Goldfields and the south
Monthly: May 2, Jun 6, Jul 4, Aug 1, Sep 5, Oct 3, Nov 7, Dec 5
$9,750
Dolphin at Monkey Mia
Monkey Mia and Karijini
10 days · Coral Coast and Pilbara
Dates on request
Ask John
Swimmers in a Karijini gorge pool
Wonders of West Oz
19 days · the big loop
Dates on request
Ask John
All adventure tours

Seats go quickly in wildflower season. Ring John on 0437 377 528 to check a date.

Why travel with John

Most tours show you wildflowers at 100 km/h.

John pulls over, walks thirty or forty metres into the bush, and shows you the orchid nobody could see from the road. Stop. Step out. Look closer. Drag the handle →

Red kangaroo paws beside the highway, sharp
MOST TOURS · 100 KM/H
WITH JOHN · ON FOOT, UP CLOSE
No. 027AUG → NOV
Red Kangaroo Paw
Anigozanthos manglesii
ROADSIDE VERGE · 40 M FROM THE BUS
A tour group stopped beside the coach on a red-dirt verge
Pulled over again. Red dirt, orchids somewhere in there.

Off the beaten track

Smaller vehicles go where big coaches can't, down the gravel to the gully where the orchids actually are.

Your pace

Stop for every goanna, orchid or view. "If everyone wants to stop, get out and look at a goanna, we'll do it!"

Everything taken care of

Accommodation, dinners, breakfasts, morning teas, park fees and the cruises in the itinerary. No hidden costs.

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years guiding in Western Australia
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is enough. There's no minimum group size.
Every tour departs
whatever the numbers. We never cancel for lack of guests.
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guests on scheduled tours. Small, personal, unhurried.
From last season's notebookWildflower gallery →
Smokebush haze
Smokebush hazeENEABBA
Cowslip orchids
Cowslip orchidsWHEATBELT
Pink coral gum
Pink coral gumGOLDFIELDS
Yellow featherflower
Yellow featherflowerHYDEN
Red poker
Red pokerKALBARRI
Wild rose
Wild roseKALBARRI
Follow the bloom

The season moves south. So do we.

The Mid West and north flower first, from late July. Then the Wheatbelt. Then the Great Southern and South West, right through to November. Slide the month, or just scroll.

Leaning tree, Greenough
Leaning tree, Greenough
JULAUGSEPOCTNOV
July · approximate, Mother Nature decides
Very Special 6-Day · Wreath Flower huntSEP Queen of Sheba 4-Day · Searching for a QueenAUG Walpole Banksia 5-DaySEP Verticordia & Royal Hakea 7-DayOCT
Nature's Window, Kalbarri
Nature's Window, Kalbarri
WESTERN AUSTRALIA Indian Ocean Southern Ocean N 0 · 150 KM · APPROX. THE WILDFLOWERCORNER HERBARIUM · AWT · 2027Where the flowers are Very Special 6-Day · Wreath Flower hunt Queen of Sheba 4-Day · Searching for a Queen Walpole Banksia 5-Day Verticordia & Royal Hakea 7-Day every tour departs from Perth TAP A ROUTE TO OPEN THAT TOUR · HOTSPOTS APPROXIMATE
Perth Kalbarri Geraldton Mullewa Perenjori Morawa Mt Lesueur Dalwallinu Wave Rock Kalgoorlie Norseman Esperance Albany Walpole Margaret River Pemberton Stirling Range Bremer Bay Fitzgerald River Monkey Mia York Lake Grace
Field guide

What we hope to find

Tap a specimen card to turn it over and see where John looks for it. Full gallery →

Wreath Flower
No. 001AUG → OCT
Wreath Flower
Lechenaultia macrantha
Mid Westturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
Bare red sand on the verges around Mullewa, Morawa, Perenjori and Pindar.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Very Special 6-Day · Kangaroo Paws 4-Day · Drummondii 5-Day
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Queen of Sheba Orchid
No. 002AUG → SEP
Queen of Sheba Orchid
Thelymitra variegata
Great Southernturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
Near Bremer Bay, and only when the sun is out. "Lots of sunshine please."
TOURS THAT VISIT
Queen of Sheba 4-Day
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Black Kangaroo Paw
No. 003AUG → OCT
Black Kangaroo Paw
Macropidia fuliginosa
Mt Lesueurturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
Gravel rises in Mt Lesueur National Park, near Badgingarra.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Kangaroo Paws 4-Day
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Lesueur Southern Cross
No. 004AUG → OCT
Lesueur Southern Cross
Xanthosia rotundifolia
Mt Lesueur onlyturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
Found only around Mt Lesueur. John checks on it on the way north.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Very Special 6-Day · Kangaroo Paws 4-Day · Drummondii 5-Day
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Drummondii Everlastings
No. 005AUG → SEP
Drummondii Everlastings
Cephalipterum drummondii
Mid Westturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
Carpets around Binnu, Coalseam and Pindar after a wet winter.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Very Special 6-Day · Kangaroo Paws 4-Day · Drummondii 5-Day
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Spider Orchid
No. 006AUG → OCT
Spider Orchid
Caladenia spp.
Wheatbelt & South Westturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
Under wandoo and in sandy heath, thirty metres from the road.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Wheatbelt Orchids 5-Day · Walpole Banksia 5-Day
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Cowslip Orchid
No. 007AUG → OCT
Cowslip Orchid
Caladenia flava
South of Geraldtonturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
Bush tracks almost everywhere south of Geraldton.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Wheatbelt Orchids 5-Day · Walpole Banksia 5-Day
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Purple Enamel Orchid
No. 008AUG → OCT
Purple Enamel Orchid
Elythranthera brunonis
South Westturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
Heathland from Perth down to Albany.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Walpole Banksia 5-Day · Wheatbelt Orchids 5-Day
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Scarlet Honey Myrtle
No. 009AUG → OCT
Scarlet Honey Myrtle
Melaleuca fulgens
Mid West & Wheatbeltturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
Roadside gravel in the northern Wheatbelt.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Very Special 6-Day · Drummondii 5-Day
turn back ↺
Smokebush
No. 010AUG → OCT
Smokebush
Conospermum spp.
Mid Westturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
A blue-white haze across the sandplain around Mt Lesueur and Eneabba.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Kangaroo Paws 4-Day · Drummondii 5-Day
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Pink Coral Gum
No. 011SEP → DEC
Pink Coral Gum
Eucalyptus torquata
Goldfieldsturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
Goldfields woodland, and planted along Wheatbelt streets.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Verticordia & Royal Hakea 7-Day
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Red Poker
No. 012AUG → OCT
Red Poker
Hakea bucculenta
Mid Westturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
Sandplains between Geraldton and Kalbarri.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Very Special 6-Day · Drummondii 5-Day
turn back ↺
Native Foxglove
No. 013AUG → OCT
Native Foxglove
Pityrodia terminalis
Mid Westturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
Red sand north of Mullewa.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Very Special 6-Day
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Wild Rose
No. 014JUL → OCT
Wild Rose
Diplolaena grandiflora
Kalbarri coastturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
The coastal cliffs at Kalbarri.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Very Special 6-Day · Kangaroo Paws 4-Day
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Yellow Featherflower
No. 015SEP → NOV
Yellow Featherflower
Verticordia chrysantha
Mid West & Wheatbeltturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
Sandplain heath around Eneabba and out towards Hyden.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Verticordia & Royal Hakea 7-Day
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Royal Hakea
No. 016ALL YEAR
Royal Hakea
Hakea victoria
Fitzgerald Riverturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
The western end of Fitzgerald River National Park.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Queen of Sheba 4-Day · Verticordia & Royal Hakea 7-Day
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Red and Green Kangaroo Paw
No. 017AUG → NOV
Red and Green Kangaroo Paw
Anigozanthos manglesii
Perth to the Mid Westturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
Western Australia's floral emblem, on sandy verges north of Perth.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Kangaroo Paws 4-Day
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Blue Leschenaultia
No. 018JUL → NOV
Blue Leschenaultia
Lechenaultia biloba
Wheatbelt & South Westturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
A startling blue on gravelly ground through the Wheatbelt.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Most wildflower tours
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Banksia
No. 019ALL YEAR
Banksia
Banksia spp.
South Westturn over ↻
WHERE JOHN LOOKS FOR IT
Karri country and coastal heath from Yallingup to Albany.
TOURS THAT VISIT
Walpole Banksia 5-Day
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Scarlet honey myrtle · Melaleuca fulgens
If they're out there, John knows where.

"He is the who's who of where they are!" Thirty years of knowing which gravel pit, which bend, which fence line. The flowers move every year; John moves with them.

Spider orchids
Spider orchids, Wheatbelt
Purple enamel orchid
Enamel orchid, South West
John's Adventure Tours · year-round

When the flowers rest, the country doesn't

All adventure tours
Wave Rock
Wave Rock
Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie
Esperance
Esperance
Kalbarri
Kalbarri
Monkey Mia
Monkey Mia
Karijini
Karijini
Guest letters · airmail

Letters keep arriving, years later.

Guests have come from Japan, Singapore, the UK, Canada, the USA, Taiwan, Slovenia, Italy, the Philippines and all over Australia. Many still write.

JAPANSINGAPOREUKCANADAUSATAIWANSLOVENIA · ITALYPHILIPPINESPERTH PINS APPROXIMATE · GRATICULE 30° Read all the letters
CANADAAIR MAIL
PERTH
WA

"How did he find that lonely spider orchid in the middle of nowhere, and nowhere is vast in Australia? ... You may find cheaper but you will not get better value for your money."

Heather, Vancouver, Canada
JAPAN 日本AIR MAIL
PERTH
WA

"The flowers we could really see in the tour was beyond the photograph."

Taeko Niimura, Tokyo, Japan
AUSTRALIAAIR MAIL
PERTH
WA

"He would drive thirty or forty metres off the highway so that he could show us examples of shrubs or orchids that no one could see from the road but that he knew were there. We were continually amazed."

Lyn and Jim McDonald, Queensland
Design your own tour

Just tell John which places you want to see, and leave the rest to him.

He'll arrange the itinerary, transport, accommodation, meals and some fantastic extra touches.

THE PINNACLESKARIJINIMARGARET RIVER+ MANY MORE
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John Perkins (left, in the hat) talking with guests beside the tour coach
John Perkins
John's white Nissan Elgrand
NEW · NISSAN ELGRAND
Comfortable seats inside the Elgrand
ROOM TO STRETCH
Luxury coach for bigger groups
BIGGER GROUPS
Meet John · founder and guide

"If they are to be found, John knows where they are."

John grew up in Western Australia and has spent over 30 years leading groups from Derby to Esperance. He started his own tours to show guests the real Australia, outside the square of the package tour.

Read John's story
Talk to John

Ring him. He'll tell you where the flowers are.

+61 437 377 528
Send an enquiry Based in Perth, Western Australia