Wyperfeld-Nationalpark

The Wyperfeld National Park is a national park in the north- west of the Australian state of Victoria, 450 km north-west of Melbourne, 265 kilometers west of Echuca and 160 km south of Mildura. With 3,500 km ² it is the third largest national park in Victoria. In the 1921 reported and since then considerably enlarged the park there is bushland, small woods and heathland.

As most of the north-western Victoria, the area of Wyperfeld National Park that lived about 25 million years ago until geologically recent period covered by a shallow sea. Today's landforms were formed when the sea retreated slowly and a lot of sandy deposits left behind. This resulted in sand dunes about 15000-40000 years ago.

In rainy years the Wimmera River to Lake Hindmarsh fills south of the park. This overflows into the Outlet Creek, which in turn fills the Lake Albacutya on the southern edge of the park. From there, the Outlet Creek - when it rains enough - further to a series of small lakes in the park, the (mainly the species Black Box and River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis ) ) provide a rich plant and animal life in the eucalyptus forests.

Before the start of European settlement and filled these lakes emptied on average every 20 years, where she stayed for about half that time dry. In recent times, but was derived by irrigation and drainage projects as much water from the Wyperfeld National Park, the lakes have not filled completely since 1975 and two years later dry fell again.

West of the park are the Big Desert Wilderness Park and the Red Bluff Nature Reserve, which reach up to the border with South Australia. With these parks, the Wyperfeld National Park shares an area that is referred to as the Big Desert: ( Small desert ) further south on the upper reaches of the Wimmera River in contrast to the Little Desert ( dt ) ( dt Great Desert). All roads in the park are unpaved.