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Small plant no others of this species near by. Leaves linear to lanceloate, margin entire, flowers on a stalk approximately 10cm hight, 6 petals yellow at base turning to mauve at the tips, stamen inside mauve coloured
open grass area, some leaf litter above open eucalypt forest, wet in winter, damp in spring
if it is a freesia then http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weediden...
I think you are right monkey-mind and nana-puppet. I was just looking at it again and thought it might be freesia too.