Boorabbin-Nationalpark

The Boorabbin National Park (English Boorabbin National Park ) is a 260 km ² national park located in southwestern Western Australia, Australia.

Description

The park is on both sides of a 7 km wide strip along the Great Eastern Highway. It is located 70 km west of Southern Cross and 120 kilometers east of Coolgardie. In the east it borders directly on the Goldfields Woodlands National Park.

He has to be supplied from a nearby settlement, which was founded in 1898, the steam locomotives to and from the gold fields to the west with water His name. The word Boorabbin in turn is the name of the Aborigines for a rock at the edge of the national park.

The Boorabbin National Park is located on a plateau, the bottom of old, weathered and leached sand there, which was deposited in front of more than 50 million years. Despite the very few nutrients here thrives a diverse, species-rich vegetation, ranging from Kwongan Heath over open woodland to mallee scrubland.

Bush fire

In the park three truck drivers were killed on 30 December 2007, had to wait before a roadblock of the Great Eastern Highway in Coolgardie because of bush fire and this lifted and drove contrary to the rules. They were on fire, though still tried to turn, but not escaped. The brush fire burned another two weeks until it was cleared by the firemen, then picked up the roadblock.

The fire burned an area of ​​more than 7,500 ha

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