Avon-Valley-Nationalpark

The 48- km ² Avon Valley National Park is located about 80 km north-east of Perth in Western Australia. Founded in 1970, it is located in the transition zone of the jarrah forests in the south to the drier areas in the north. The Avon River, from the Nyonongar People also called Golguler, flows through the park.

Flora and Fauna

The Avon Valley National Park is home to over 90 different species of birds including the gray fantail, various types of honey -eaters, the Regenbogenspint and Götz Reads, a species of kingfishers. In all the area of ​​the park one can observe echidna. The kangaroos hold against it, along with the smaller mountain kangaroos, rather in the rocky areas on. At night, the rare Black-tailed Quoll are observed. In the higher elevations in the southern part is dominated by jarrah, marri below then the eucalypts. Eucalyptus and Eucalyptus rudis accedens grow along the Avon River.