Walking with Wildflowers
Citizen Science Walking Adventure
Fitzgerald Biosphere
9 - 10 October 2026
Join Edgewalkers Citizen Science Walking with Wildlfowers adventure with leading landscape ecologists, botanists, and other environmental educators to bring people closer to the exceptional and yet seriously threatened biodiversity of the Fitzgerald Biosphere.
Join us if you want to:
are fascinated by the wildflower biodiversity of the southwest of Australia
if you want to learn about floral biodiversity, their special features for survival and the ecosystems where they’ve evolved
if you want to be involved in collecting data to inform conservation management and would love to learn monitoring and data gathering including setting up quadrats and surveying existing species
If you simply want to immerse yourself and walk through the natural beauty of the Fitzgerald River National Park
become an active citizen scientist and contribute to our knowledge and understanding of biodiversity
If you are fascinated by the wildflower biodiversity found in Western Australia’s southwest
If you want to learn more about floral biodiversity, their special features for survival and the ecosystems where they’ve evolved
If you want to be involved in collecting data to inform conservation management and would love to learn monitoring and data gathering including setting up quadrats and surveying existing species
If you simply want to immerse yourself and walk through the natural beauty of the Fitzgerald River National Park
Then this 3-day wildflower adventure is for you!
Join landscape ecologist Nathan McQuoid & transformative learning specialist, Erika Jacobson in the Fitzgerald Biosphere, for 3 days of discovery and wonder while you contribute to biodiversity research and knowledge creation.
OUR TEAM
Nathan McQuoid - landscape ecologist, author and former Fitzgerald River NP ranger, will be collaborating on some our biodiversity events.
His contribution among many, is his name in the species Eucalyptus mcquoidii.
Always informative and generous Nathan brings depth of knowledge.
Jeni Alford - botanist & environmental scientist has been identifying Western Australian flora for over 20 years. Walking alongside her from wildflower to wildflower at Tozer’s is a true delight for anyone who wants to learn about wildflowers..
Erika at Tozer’s Bushcamp - Fitzgerald Biosphere Reserve - Western Australia.
Through Edgewalkers Erika has conducted dozens of tours walking through the natural habitat of wildflowers in the Fitzgerald Biosphere.
ABOUT THE FITZGERALD BIOSPHERE
Western Australia well deserves to be known as the wildflower state, supporting more than 12,500 plant species (8,952 endemic to the state).
The southwest botanical province is particularly extraordinary in its biodiversity and one of the world’s 34 biodiversity hotspots where at least 1500 plant species that grow there have lost more than 70% of their natural habitats.
The Fitzgerald Biosphere Reserve , which includes the Fitzgerald River National Park, Ravensthorpe and Jerramungup, is a major component of the southwest’s unique biodiversity. It is also one of only four UNESCO listed Biosphere Reserves in Australia and one of Australia’s most important biodiversity assets.
Map of the Fitzgerald Biosphere - this workshop is on the west side of the park near Bremer Bay
More than 2,000 floral species are found there, over 70% of them endemic.
That is, they grow nowhere else in the world. Many of the species are rare and need further study and identification.
TOZER’S BUSH CAMP
Sunrise at Tozer’s Bush Camp
