Shannon-Nationalpark

The Shannon National Park is a 530 km ² large park in the south west of Western Australia, Australia.

Location

The park is 55 km south of Manjimup and 68 km north-east of Walpole on the South Western Highway. It comprises the upper reaches of the Shannon River downstream from its source at about 50 km. The lower reaches of the estuary in the Southern Ocean are located in the adjacent D' Entrecasteaux National Park.

History

Because of its inaccessibility, the area around the River Shannon is one of the last, which was released for logging. Until the 1940s the area was virtually untouched by man. Only then led the shortage of wood, due to the Second World War, to the fact that a sawmill was built. You can still traces of the old sawmill - it was closed and demolished in 1968 - and see the surrounding houses in the vicinity of the visitor center and the campsite. The old logging roads now serve as roads and trails. The national park was founded in December 1988.

Flora and Fauna

Despite the logging, there are old stocks of Karribäumen (Eucalyptus diversicolor ), next jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata ) and Marribäumen ( Corymbia calophylla ) grow mainly in the northern part of the park. Further south is dominated by old Jarrahwälder, banksia, heathland and wetlands.

In the Shannon National Park is home to 21 mammal species, at least 123 bird species, 30 reptile and 15 amphibian species.