Beelu National Park

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Beelu National Park
Mountain side bank of the Helena River
Mountain side bank of the Helena River
Beelu National Park (Western Australia)
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Coordinates: 31 ° 57 ′ 16 ″  S , 116 ° 8 ′ 59 ″  E
Location: Western Australia , Australia
Specialty: Eucalyptus primary forest
Next city: Mundaring Weir
Surface: 46.17 km²
Founding: 1995
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The Beelu National Park is a national park in the southwest of the Australian state of Western Australia , approx. 30 km east of the city center of Perth and approx. 8 km southeast of Mundaring . The park is part of a group of national parks collectively as the Parks of the Darling Range and was formerly called Mundaring National Park .

Mundaring National Park was established in 1995 as part of the Western Australia Government's primary forest conservation strategy . In 2008 the national park was renamed in recognition of the former property rights of the Aborigines in the area. The name 'Beelu' is derived from Noongar word for 'river' or 'watercourse'. The Beelu were the original inhabitants of the area bounded by the Helena River , the Swan River, and the Canning River .

The park contains a rich ancestral flora, e.g. B. Eucalyptus trees of the species Jarrah ( Eucalyptus marginata ) and Marri ( Corymbia calophylla ), Zamia , Bull- Banksien ( Banksia grandis ), Sheoak and grass trees ( Xanthorrhoea ).

Facilities

The park is equipped with restrooms, wood-burning grills, and picnic tables. There are a large number of hiking and biking trails and two campsites.

A visitor center, the Perth Hills National Parks Center, is located in the park and is available for information and refreshments from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A lookout is located in South Ledge and overlooks the town of Mundaring Weir and Lake CY O'Connor .

The largest oak in Western Australia can be found in Fred Jacby Park .

Gallery images

  • North Ridge over the Helena River Valley

  • Leucopogon verticillatus

  • Mundaring Weir Road in the Darling Range, Western Australia

Web links

Beelu National Park . Department of Environment and Conservation. Western Australia Government

source

Samille Mitchell: What's in a name? Parks of the Darling Range . Landscope. Volume 24. N. 2 (2008/2009), pp. 40-46

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4 . P. 78
  2. ↑ Mundaring National Park . Parks of Perth Hills. Department of Environment and Conservation. Government of Western Australia ( Memento of July 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 386 kB)
  3. ^ New Aboriginal Names for Regional Parks . Roleybushcare