Kinglake-Nationalpark

The Kinglake National Park is a national park in the southern Australian state of Victoria, 50 km north-east of Melbourne.

Geology

The river valleys of the Steels Creek and Diamond Creek, both tributaries of the Yarra River, consist of stratified sediment fossils, contains from the time when the area was still seabed.

Fauna

One finds in the park wallabies, kangaroos, wombats, possums and echidnas. In addition, there are many species of birds, such as Cockatoos, like the black and red- crested cockatoo, the King Parrot, the Platt tail parakeet and the lyrebird.

Flora

Before the Black Saturday stood in the Kinglake National Park, the tallest tree in Victoria. The eucalyptus species of mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans ) was 91.6 meters high (measured in 2002 ) and should be grown since the forest fire in the Black Friday 1851. He stood in the closed basin of the Wallaby Creek in the northwest part of the park.

Facilities

In the park, there are many hiking trails, usable to some extent with wheelchairs, as well as tent sites. At the picnic area Masons If you can observe waterfalls and original flora.

History

The area was ausgeholzt early 20th century, of which one still sees traces in the form of notches on trees and a Sägespanbunker.

In January 2006, parts of the park were destroyed north of the village of Kinglake by a forest fire that was triggered by lightning during a severe thunderstorm. The fire involved the city and raged within a few hundred meters distance from the northern city limits. More thunderstorms and the use of volunteer fire forces eventually saved the city.

The bush fires in 2009 98 % of the park were seriously damaged. The largest part of the town of Kinglake was destroyed and almost 100 people were killed. 2010 progressed the reconstruction work and the park is open piece by piece.