Drovers-Cave-Nationalpark

The Drovers Cave National Park is a national park in the south west of the Australian state of Western Australia, 201 km north- west of Perth, 170 km southeast of Geraldton and 6 km east of Jurien Bay.

The area consists of limestone rocks, where a number of caves have formed. The inputs of many caves in the park were imposed with canvas and are inaccessible to the public in order to avoid accidents and vandalism.

Some of the caves open to the Hastings Cave, the Cave Moora, the Old River Cave and the Mystery Cave. The Hastings Cave is known for its fossils.

History

Drovers Cave was well known by early researchers and stockmen; their location near the Canning Stock Route meant that they often Cowboys ( au-engl.: drover ) was visited, hence their name. The first cowboy left its mark on the cave wall in 1886. Between 1930 and 1940 there were many more such visits. In 1973, the cave was measured and explained in the same year a national park.

Flora and Fauna

The ancestral vegetation in the park comprises scrub banksia, One -sides Bottlebrush ( Calothamnus quadrifidus ) and Parrot Bush ( Banksia sessilis ). On animals, you can find emus, honey Beutler, Western Bilchbeutler, short -beaked echidna, western gray kangaroos, Australian bustards and many reptiles.

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