There were a few plants of the softer leaved Hakea dactyloides, often sheltering in the shrubby sheoak that covered much of the exposed hillside. There were low statured wildflowers to add colour to the headland vegetation, my favourite being the deep mauve Scaevola. Pimelea and Pultenaeas grow half their normal height in the mat of plants on the windy slopes. A plant of native Broom is one I have never seen before but it follows the rules of the headland and cowers out of the wind. There is a tremendous number of white Crinum lilies on the sheltered foot of the headland on the southern face.
Big succulent leaves and long flowering stems crowned with white stars.
In the deeper gullies behind the headland the taller Blackbutts, Brush Box and Mahoganies form a proper forest that tapers in height as the wind exposure increases near the head of the gully. It is here that we find big numbers of Bonnet Orchids and Wasp Orchids, along with the rarer Elbow Orchid. All of these species rely on sexual deception of male wasps for pollination. Each must have their own species of wasp as there are no hybrids. The same specific scent that keeps the wasp species separate keeps the orchids as pure species.