Snake vine, Hibbertia scandens. The photo tones down the bright yellow of the flower, but it is quite a showey native creeper. It is commonly grown as a bit of a tangley shrub in places where nothing else will grow due to its hardy nature once its established. I recall one of my exboyfriends use to call this a tennis ball bush, simply because he use to have it in the house he grew up in and they would play tennis in the back yard. Every time they would hit the ball into the bush, they would have to get another ball as they could never find it again. In his words 'the darn thing eats tennis balls!'. This wouldnt surprise me as snake vines tend to grow onto themselves if they have nothing to climb on and after several years they become quite an impressive tangle.
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