John-Forrest-Nationalpark

The 27 km ² John Forrest National Park is located 24 km east of Perth in Western Australia and is a member of Forest Hills. This park was the first national park in Western Australia and the second in Australia even after the founding of the Royal National Park. The park is located south of the Great Eastern Highway.

History

Founded in 1898, the park was designated as a recreation area and two years later Greenmount National Park. Some years later his renaming after Sir John Forrest, the first Prime Minister of the State of Western Australia. This has been achieved, the park earlier in 1890 with the railroad, the Eastern Railway. This railway line was laid in 1966 and the old railway embankment remained, including the Swan View Tunnel in the park.

Landscape

During the Great Depression in the 1930s, buildings were created with a tavern close to the John Forrest National Park, which are now partially restored. The National Park Railway Station built in 1936 and the Swan View Tunnel are just as often as the Falls National Park Falls and Hovea Falls in the park photographed. For visitors there are picnic areas, restrooms, hiking trails ( John Forrest Heritage Trail, Glen Brook Trail Walk and Eage View Walk Trail ) and routes for horses and mountain bikes. At various points projecting rocks from the hard rock basalt from the underground.

The park is home marsupials, such as kangaroo species, the Koala, Black-tailed Quoll, honey Beutler, Bilchbeutler, and birds such as honeyeaters and parrots species. Furthermore, there are lizards species, such as the Goanna. Many eucalyptus trees and shrubs, and other plant and fungal species grow in the park.