Coffin-Bay-Nationalpark

The Coffin Bay National Park is a 310 km ² national park on the southern Eyre Peninsula of South Australia in Australia, which is 301 kilometers from Adelaide and 50 kilometers west of Port Lincoln. It was founded in 1982.

History

The first Europeans who came along the coast to the Coffin Bay, Matthew Flinders was in 1802 and named the Bay Coffin Bay. Whaling and the whaling industry for recovery of these aquatic mammals was operated on the territory of national parks in the early 1800s. Whaling only lasted a short time because the whales were greatly reduced by the intensive fishing.

In the park area originally lived Aborigines and the contact with the Europeans was characterized in the early days of colonization by violence. The settlers who lived on Kangaroo Iceland at the beginning of the 18th century and worked kidnapped Aboriginesfrauen on the Eyre Peninsula and forcibly dragged them to their island, which is why there were numerous armed conflicts.

Today

The place Coffin Bay, after which the park is named, is in close proximity to the National Park. Some of the coves in the park can be achieved not only with all-wheel - but also with two-wheel drive vehicles. The park with its sand and limestone terrain has on its coastline numerous bays ( Coffin Bay, Port Douglas and Mount Dutton Bay) with sand dunes, reefs and cliffs.

Numerous birds and sea birds, such as eagles and albatrosses, live in the park. In 2004 wild horses were counted, the so-called Coffin Bay brumbies. Furthermore, there are kangaroos, emus and goannas.

The tourists who visit the park can watch fishing, hiking or birds or relax on the sandy beaches, swim or surf. In Yangie Bay can be camped without charges; the paths from there northwards can be used only with four-wheel drive vehicles.

Yangie Bay

Almonta Beach

Viewed Golden Beach of Iceland from Almonta