Boranup, Western Australia

Boranup Western Australia
Boranup Forest
Boranup
Coordinates	34°4′41″S 115°0′56″E
Population	4 (SAL 2016)[1][2]
Postcode(s)	6288
Area	106.5 km^2 (41.1 sq mi)
LGA(s)	Shire of Augusta-Margaret River
State electorate(s)	Warren-Blackwood
Federal division(s)	Forrest

Boranup is a locality in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River in the South West region of Western Australia.^[3][4] It is the site of a large coastal dune blow out known as the "Boranup sand patch" as part of the Boranup beach,^[5] and the site of a former M. C. Davies timber company mill.^[6] The sand patch area and sand blows affected the alignment of the Busselton to Flinders Bay railway.

It is a karri forest remnant area^[7] in the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park, as well as a Western Australian State Forest area.^[8][9]

Boranup Forest contains many limestone karst caves, including Nannup Cave and Dingo Cave.

The Boranup area includes private property, a cafe and a gallery, a maze and a scenic drive.

See also

• Karridale
• 1961 Western Australian bushfires

Notes

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Boranup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. 
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Boranup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
4. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
5. "WA Beach 0643". Beachsafe. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
6. "Vasse News". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 15 December 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
7. Mills, Jenny Boranup forest: old growth or regrowth?. In National Conference on Australian Forest History. Australia' s Ever/ Changing Forests. Proceedings. (112)-120.
8. Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park and Boranup State Forest no. 45. Visitor survey, January–March 1986 : supplementary paper no. 1 / [Department of Conservation and Land Management] Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park : draft management plan : supplementary papers.
9. Boranup State Forest working plan, 1976- 80, [The Dept.], 1976, retrieved 26 September 2016