Waychinicup National Park

Waychinicup National Park
Mouth of the Waychinicup River
Coordinates: 34 ° 52 ′ 38 ″  S , 118 ° 22 ′ 20 ″  E
Location:	Western Australia , Australia
Specialty:	rare bird and other animal species
Next city:	60 kilometer (s) from Albany
Surface:	40 km²
Founding:	1990

The Waychinicup National Park ( English Waychinicup National Park ) is a 40 square kilometer national park in the southwest of the Australian state of Western Australia .

Location and landscape

The park is about 400 kilometers south of Perth and 60 kilometers east of Albany . From here you can get to the park first via the South Coast Highway , then via a gravel road, which is often impassable after bad weather. It encompasses both the confluence of the Waychinicup River with the Southern Ocean and a series of granite boulders that extend east towards Cheyne Beach.

Flora and fauna

The park is a haven for a number of rare and unusual species. Such as Quendas , who often linger along the streets and paths during the day, and the Western Ringtail Possum near Mount Gardner with its basketball-sized nests made of small branches. Much more difficult to observe are the last remaining wild populations of quokkas , which usually hide in the thick undergrowth.

Thanks to a resettlement program in 1983 the number grew noise scrubbird in the mountainous region of Mount Many Peaks Nature Reserve , zoom in close proximity to the Waychinicup National Park, the largest single population. Another endangered species, the Western Ground Parrot ( Pezoporus wallicus flaviventris ), is native to the low heathland . In the transition area from bush to heathland, the more common Western Whipbird and Western Bristlebird can be observed.

Web links

• Official site of the park (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australia Easy Read - Road and 4WD Atlas . Hema Maps, Brisbane 2007, ISBN 978-1-86500-395-5 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Official website of the park. Retrieved January 18, 2016 .