Please note: We generally run this tours on a Tuesday but alternative days may be arranged please contact us via info@CTLPhototours.com or +61 401 840 516 to change the dates. 

Join us on this small group tour ( maximum of ten people or a private tour can be arranged on request) as we head towards areas within easy travel distance from Perth that have provided us with the best opportunities to find a wide variety of orchids and wild flowers that Western Australia is so famous for.

We will be heading from Perth to various country locations depending on the best locations for the flowers each week. These locations will include Perth Hills, Chittering Valley, Toodyay, Moora and York areas.

We will include transport, bottled water, a picnic lunch and input from a professional photographer. 

All of our destinations have not disappointed us in the past but of course we can not guarantee exactly what we will find although we have had many years experience in finding the best locations. Wildflowers, especially orchids, are sometimes there one day and gone the next but you will see a variety of flowers none the less. 

All levels of photography are catered for from beginner to professional, point and press cameras to the latest DLSR model. We have knowledge of different makes and models of camera including full framed, cropped sensor and micro four thirds. We can provide tripods if required. 

We provide for yourself or your party:

Transport to and from our pickup points from Midland Station, Armadale or Currumbine Stations depending on the direction of travel. We will notify you of our pickup points on booking (hotel pickup can be arranged at a small fee) 

Water, Morning tea, Picnic lunch and afternoon tea

Photographic input from a professional photographer

Park entry fees if applicable 

Our amazing 3 hour tour starting from and returning to Toodyay visitors centre, will take us to some  different areas around Toodyay that often offer us amazing displays of wildflowers*. 

These tours are designed to coincide with the Merredin Link on Monday, Wednesday and Friday but if you would like a tour on a different  day contact us directly for availability or check out other tours available on this page. 

We will take you to areas that are off the beaten track and show you many different varieties of Wild flowers and orchids (when they are out) which to the untrained eye can be difficult to spot even when you are in the right location. 

We have many years experience of exploring this area and will make the most of the time you have available.

*Whilst we know some of the best areas around Toodyay to find orchids and wildflowers we can not guarantee what you will see. 

We will supply morning tea and get you back to Toodyay so you can get yourself a late lunch and have an explore around town before your return train journey. 

Please note this tour will run with a minimum of 2 participants. If you want a guaranteed departure for one person please look at our private tours which can be customised to your requirements. 

The world renowned, extraordinary Numbung Desert with limestone pillars  as far as the eye can see are a photographers dream. At sunset, which is often spectacular, we are provided with the perfect light to
take photographs of this unique and other worldly landscape.

Although the Pinnacles (the Nambung Desert National Park) is our final destination we will stop along the way at various photographically interesting locations.  

Our Journey will take us up the coast for the chance to photograph some of the amazing West Australian coast.

We then head north towards a bush reserve which has a wide variety of native flowers and if lucky some amazing lizards and golden orb spiders.

We then carry on our journey north, stopping at some pristine sand dunes before our BBQ lunch. 

We will arrive at the Pinnacles well before sunset and give ourselves time to explore the area before the light begins to change. We will depart to Perth after a picnic tea in the Park.  

All levels of photography are catered for from beginner to professional, point and press cameras to the latest DLSR model. We have knowledge of different makes and models of camera including full framed, cropped sensor and micro four thirds. We can provide tripods if required at a small cost. 

We provide:

Transport to and from our pickup points either Midland Station or Currambine Station (hotel pickup can be arranged at a small charge)

Water, Morning tea, BBQ Lunch, afternoon tea and Picnic tea after sunset

Photographic input from a professional photographer

Park entry fees

If our advertised date does not suit you please contact us as we may be able to run the tour on an alternative day for you. We can also accommodate a larger group, please contact us for a quote. 

Our first stop will be either Yanchep Lagoon or Yanchep National Park depending on  your preference. The Lagoon gives as the opportunity to see a beautiful beach and rock pools at low tide or the National park has kangaroos, koalas and birdlife. Our Journey will take us up the coast for the chance to photograph some of the amazing West Australian coast. We will stop at a nature reserve in search of flora and fauna before carry on our journey north, stopping at some pristine sand dunes before our BBQ lunch near the ocean.  The world renowned, extraordinary Numbung Desert with limestone pillars  as far as the eye can see are a photographers dream. At sunset, which is often spectacular, we are provided with the perfect light to

take photographs of this unique and other worldly landscape.

Although the Pinnacles (the Nambung Desert National Park) is our final destination we will stop along the way at various photographically interesting locations and these can be changed if you would like to visit other places so long as time permits.

If you are interested we will visit the ancient Stromatolites instead of the Nature Reserve which will give us an interesting photographic challenge. We will arrive at the Pinnacles well before sunset and give ourselves time to explore the area before the light begins to change. We will depart to Perth after a picnic tea in the Park.  

All levels of photography are catered for from beginner to professional, point and press cameras to the latest DLSR model. We have knowledge of different makes and models of camera including full framed, cropped sensor and micro four thirds. We can provide tripods if required. 

We provide for yourself or your party:

Transport to and from our pickup points either Midland Station or Currambine Station (hotel pickup can be arranged)

Water, Morning tea, BBQ Lunch, afternoon tea and Picnic tea after sunset

Photographic input from a professional photographer

Park entry fees

Join us on this small group photography tour for an action packed day to Wellington Dam with it's amazing murals. It's the world largest mural covering 8000sqm of the dam wall depicting the place the river has had in the lives of the people of Collie over the years.  Along the way we will visit the historic homestead in Pinjarra and the colourful English style gardens in Harvey. The National Park gives us many photographic opportunity such as macro, landscape and long exposures at a waterfall. 

It is inclusive of transport with pickup from Midland or Armadale Train Stations, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea, together with photographic input from professional photographer, Anna-Mair Francis. 

Price includes:
Transport
Morning/afternoon tea
Picnic lunch

Photographic Input and advice from Anna-Mair Francis
Entry Fees

Tripods are available to hire on request 

Please note: We need a minimum of 2 people for the tour to run in this format although private tours can be arranged and customised for one person. 

Pick up can be Midland Train Station at approx 8.30 am or Armadale Train Station at approx 9.10 am and drop off in Midland Station at approx 6 PM. Please advise when booking where you would like to be picked up from. 

Our tour will begin at your hotel or from a agreed convenient pick up point for locals. We will start our tour in a local park gives us an interesting view of the City over it's lake plus a waterfall* and numerous birds. From here we will head towards the iconic Blue Boatshed (one of the most photographed buildings in Perth) before exploring more of Matilda Bay. Here we have a beautiful vista of Perth across the river plus the opportunity to photography locals at leisure as it's often used for picnics and water based activities. The University of WA is straight over the road and offers some splendid architecture and fauna.

We will stop for a light lunch near the Old Mill before we head to South Perth and walk along the foreshore taking photographs of the city and the quirky sculptures nearby. You can choose will catch the ferry to Elizabeth Quay and explore for yourself this area, which has a water playground, promenades and carousel or we will returning you to your original pickup point. 

*The waterfall is manmade and sometimes not running

We have found a jewel location for our next 3 day photo workshop, a small family run hotel set in beautiful gardens which in Autumn will be full of amazing colours. Add to that multi photo opportunities in the picturesque town of Nannup and the surrounding area. 

The workshop will include refreshing the fundamentals of photography, challenges set by Anna-Mair, instruction on compositions and settings for for landscape, macro, birds and much more. We have chosen nights with no moon so if the weather permits we will be able to do some Astro photography as well but if we have cloud cover we will experiment with light painting in the sculpture garden instead. 

All levels of photographer and all makes of camera are welcome.

The workshop includes breakfast x2, lunch x 2 and dinner x 2 plus tea and coffee (alcohol and soft drinks are at your own cost). The accommodation is in either a twin share or single room (paying single price) most rooms are en suite or have a private bathroom. 

We are not including transport from Perth although we plan to hire the local community bus so that we can explore the local area on day 2 as a group. Nannup is less than 3 hours from Perth CBD

Highlights of tour

Day one: 2pm Meet and Greet followed by some photo challenges,  fundamentals of photography explained with some practical exercises and night shoot if weather permits.        AT,D

Day two: Full day of photography exploring local area for autumn colours at Golden Valley Tree Park and other photographic opportunities and night shoot if weather permits.               B,L,D

Day three: Street and architectural photography in Nannup before finishing with a photo treasure hunt before lunch.     B,L 

Places are strictly limited.

Non photographers are welcome (when sharing a room with photographer) to join us as the location will offer you plenty of opportunities to explore and relax should you chose to do so. Please contact me for price. 

We will be journeying to some of our favourite wildflower spots around York and Beverley and into some newly discovered bush reserves in search of orchids and other W.A wildflowers around the country town of Narrogin where we will spend 2 nights. We will then move locations to the nearby Dryandra Woodland National Park, a very special pocket of woodland which is home to many endangered animals including Numbats, Woylies, Quendas, and Chuditchs as well has over 100 species of birds. It also has many orchids and other wildflowers growing in the area. On our return we will explore some areas with the Wandoo National Park before arriving back to our pick up point in Perth around 5pm. 

We will be staying in self contained cabins which have 1 or 2 bedrooms. In Narrogin we can offer an alternative option in an ensuite room at the Motel next door which will we offer to those who want their own room who pay the single price. Both locations have bathrooms within the cabins but none of the rooms have ensuite rooms. At Dryandra will be staying in the historic timberman's village run by the Lions in homely wooden cabins originally built to house the families of the timbermen who worked in the Mallet Forest. They are basic but clean and comfortable but this is all about Location, Location, Location! The cottages are in the middle of the National Park and visited frequently by all manner of animals and birds, most have their own possum that lives in the nest box on the verandah. At night if you are lucky some quenda or bush curlew might wonder past, we will certainly hear them after dusk. 

We will organise an evening visit to Barnia Mia which is an enclosed area of bushland which houses several types of critically endangered mammals. They offer a wonderful nocturnal experience where we can photograph bilby, woylie, mala, quenda and boodie. The fence keeps predators such as foxes and feral cats which have had a devastating effect on so many of our native animals and birds. 

We have timed this tour to be during a dark sky period so is we have no cloud we will head away from like pollution to photograph the Milky Way and star trails. If we are unfortunate to have some cloud we will introduce you to light painting which is a lot of fun. 

This small group tour is lead by photographer and tour guide, Anna-Mair Francis who has years of experience taking clients to amazing places around the globe and is known for her patience and good communication skills in simply explaining photographic techniques.