Kanangra-Boyd-Nationalpark

The Kanangra - Boyd National Park (English Kanangra - Boyd National Park ) is a 686 km ² national park in New South Wales, Australia, about 130 kilometers west of Sydney. It is located in the area of the Blue Mountains which was declared in 2000 a World Heritage Site and includes just east of there to the same Blue Mountains National Park.

The National Park is reached via the Great Western Highway, from which you branched off near Lithgow in a southerly direction to the famous caves of Jenolan Caves. From there, a 5 km long gravel road in the park, but can be also used by vehicles without all-wheel drive. The nearest town Oberon is located approximately 30 km west of the park.

Landscape

As the entire area of the Blue Mountains is also the Kanangra - Boyd National Park from a plateau of soft sandstone, into which the rivers have cut deeply ingrained over time. So plateaus exist primarily along the escarpment of the Boyd typical criss-crossed by streams and rivers, gorges and canyons, vertical rock walls and towers. Best known are the Kanangra Wall, the Kanangra Falls, 180 m deep plunging down waterfalls, and the Mount CloudMaker.

In the National Park there are several designated hiking trails, including the Lookout Walk, the easiest and also suitable for wheelchairs. It leads to two viewpoints. From the first overlooks the gorge with the Kanangra situated behind Mount CloudMaker, the second one has a good view of the upper part of the Kanangra Falls. From here also branches off the Waterfall Walk. It leads down into the gorge, to a deep basin where the waterfalls end. The plateau Walk finally, leads to the high plateau through the open forest and heathland of Kanangra tops.

Wildlife

For native fauna include not only short echidnas, platypus, giant bag martens, Nacktnasenwombats and dingoes five kangaroo species, including the rare brush -tailed Rock Wallaby. The most common Rotnackenwallabys and Sumpfwallabys be observed. The Eastern Grey Kangaroo is rare, especially in the area of ​​Boyd - Plaetaus to find. Individual certificates are also available for the wallaroo ago. In addition, numerous invasive species, such as rabbits, red foxes, cats, goats, pigs and deer are common in the National Park, which have a negative impact on the ecosystem in part.

Kanangra Grand Gorge

Mount CloudMaker