Scott National Park

Scott National Park
Coordinates: 34 ° 15 ′ 29 ″  S , 115 ° 14 ′ 8 ″  O
Location:	Western Australia , Australia
Specialty:	Eucalyptus and banksia forests, swamps
Next city:	60 kilometer (s) from Busselton
Surface:	33 km²
Founding:	1959

The Scott National Park (English: Scott National Park ) is a 33 square kilometer national park in the extreme southwest of Western Australia , Australia .

location

The park is about 60 kilometers south of Busselton and 15 kilometers east of Augusta . It is located between the Leeuwin Naturaliste National Park and the D'Entrecasteaux National Park near the coast of the Southern Ocean . It includes the estuary and the lower reaches of the Blackwood Rivers and the Scott Rivers .

The park can be reached from the Brockman Highway via a ten-kilometer, only partially paved road. There are no roads in the park itself. Only boats have access to the few facilities in the park.

Flora and fauna

Open jarrah and banksia forests together with extensive swamps and river vegetation determine the landscape in the park. Scott National Park is home to the western gray kangaroo , black swan , emu , cormorant , heron, and parrot species.

Web links

• Official site of the park (English)
• Leeuwin-Naturaliste capes area parks and reserves - Management plan 81 2015 (English; PDF)
• Parks of the Leeuwin Naturaliste Ridge and Scott National Park Management Plan (English; PDF, 41 kB) ( Memento from July 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australia Easy Read - Road and 4WD Atlas . Hema Maps, Brisbane 2007, ISBN 978-1-86500-395-5 .
2. ^ Official website of the park. Retrieved January 17, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Scott National Park at www.totaltravel.com.au. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on August 3, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.