D'Entrecasteaux National Park
The D' Entrecasteaux National Park is a 1200 km ² large park in the south west of Western Australia, Australia.
Location
From Black Point near Augusta the National Park extends over a length of 130 km along the coast to Long Point at Walpole. It ranges up to 20 km inland. To get to the beaches along the coast, you usually needed a vehicle with all-wheel drive. Only Windy Harbour and Broke Inlet can be achieved with normal vehicles. Through the park flows the Donnely, Warren and Shannon River.
History
It is believed that Aboriginal people have inhabited the southwest of Western Australia already 47,000 years ago. The oldest archaeological finds in the park can be dated to an age of 6,000 years. In many places in the park, there are stone artifacts, evidence of tombs and mythologically significant places of the Australian Aborigines.
The national park is named after the French navigator and explorer Admiral Bruny d' Entrecasteaux, Joseph, of 1792, the area of today's National Park and Point D' Entrecasteaux explored had appointed.
Park
Six different landforms can be identified in the park:
- Forest, characterized by high copies of karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor ) and the " Jarrah " tree ( Eucalyptus marginata )
- Savannah, with " Peppermint " tree ( Eucalyptus dives ) and Banksia species
- Coastal thicket
- Wetlands and swamps
- Coast, with Limestone and basalt cliffs, as D' Entrecasteaux Point, Cliffy Head and Black Point
- Comprehensive dunes as Yeagerup, Callcup, Meerup and Doggerup
- Wide beaches and Vordünen