Along the backroads of Carnarvon, 900 kilometres north of Perth in Western Australia, a unique cactus garden has flourished in the town's tropical climate.
Five-metre tall cactuses tower over tourists as they pose for snaps to share on social media.
There are more than 30 plants in the garden on South River Road and they come in all shapes and size.
Grower Robert Ellis Westcott admits he is a bit "cactus mad".
"I like the shapes and the structures and the different colours in the plants," he said.
Mr Westcott planted the first cactus in his front yard 14 years ago and said most of the plants have loved the hot climate and have thrived.
"What got me into cactuses was my father," he said.
"He had a couple of little ones at home when I was a youngster and when I left and bought my own place I took a couple with me."
The garden, which started as a hobby, has now grown into an Instagram sensation.
"It started taking off on social media five years ago," he said.
"It's just climbed from there; I'm kind of Insta-famous … well the garden is."
'Iconic to Carnarvon'
Stephanie Leca works at Carnarvon's Visitors Centre and said the garden been a tourist drawcard thanks to social media.
"I actually used to live quite close to that cactus garden and we'd take it for granted and we've never really realised it's an opportunity to draw people into our town," she said.
"Now it's gone viral and we're getting hundreds of messages a day, asking where its located because everyone wants to go and take a photo."
Mr Westcott said there was non-stop traffic to his cactus garden.
"I just planted it there for people to look at, to see what it could be, but I never thought it would get this big," he said.
"This time of the year 30 to 40 vans are pulling pass every day."
Mr Westcott has dreams of expanding the garden and turning his hobby into a business.
He said he would like to mirror Melbourne's Cactus County which has hectares of the spiky plants.
