Yellow everywhere in the bush at the moment. Noosa has many species of native Acacia and you can find a list by going to the Noosa’s Native Plants website and entering Acacia in the search box.
Illustrated here are Acacia myrtifolia, Acacia hubbardiana, Acacia leiocalyx (above) and (below) Acacia oshanesii and Acacia cincinata. Large and small there’s something flowering most of the year, but particularly in winter. They are fast and hardy and an excellent way to get your garden growing, especially if you are starting with a bare block.
The Acacia o’shanesii (at left) shaded a paved outdoor seating area in a Brisbane garden, flowering on and off all year. It looked wonderful and did a great job for a few years. Then, along came the borers and that was that. But it was lovely while it lasted. (No doubt the birds enjoyed the borers.)
Acacias are pioneer plants. In the bush, they pop up naturally when there has been damage and light enters a shaded area. Their purpose is to grow quickly and provide shelter for slower growing species.
They are great garden plants. Quick growing, but usually short lived. A replacement wattle is a good quick hole-filler where something has died or proved inappropriate.