Yalgorup National Park

Yalgorup National Park Western Australia
IUCN category II (national park)
Stromatolites growing in Yalgorup National Park
Yalgorup National Park
Nearest town or city	Mandurah
Coordinates	32°51′26″S 115°40′19″E
Established	1966
Area	131.41 km^2 (50.7 sq mi)[1]
Managing authorities	Department of Environment and Conservation
Website	Yalgorup National Park
See also	List of protected areas of Western Australia

Yalgorup National Park is a national park in Western Australia, 105 km south of Perth, and directly south of Mandurah.

The park is located on the western edge of the Swan Coastal Plain and contains a chain of about ten lakes; the name rises from the two Noongar words Yalgor meaning lake and -up meaning place of.^[2]

The area is part of the Peel-Yalgorup Wetland system, which is classified as a Ramsar Wetland Site and was added to the List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance in 1990.^[3] Some of the lakes that make up the system include Boundary Lake, Swan Pond, Lake Pollard, Lake Yalgorup and Newnham Lake.^[4]

Wildlife

The wetlands of the park have been identified by BirdLife International as the Yalgorup Important Bird Area because of their importance for waterbirds.^[5] Lake Clifton and Lake Preston are both situated within the boundaries of the park and are home to a large variety of bird-life. Black swans, kingfishers, grebes, coots, waterfowl and a variety of parrots and a variety of dotterels can be found in and around the lake habitat.^[6]

Woodlands and tuart forests are also found within the park, and contain fauna including western grey kangaroos, emus, brush wallabies, brush-tailed possums, echidna and bandicoots. The quokka was also once found within the area but have been wiped out by foxes.^[7]

See also

• Protected areas of Western Australia

References

1. "Department of Environment and Conservation 2009–2010 Annual Report". Annual Report. Department of Environment and Conservation: 48. 2010. ISSN 1835-114X. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011.
2. "Department of Environment and Conservation - Yalgorup National Park". 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
3. "Peel-Yalgorup Ramsar site Management Plan" (PDF). 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
4. "Experience Perth - Yalgorup National Park". 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
5. BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Yalgorup. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-12-05.
6. "About Australia - Yalgorup National Park". 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
7. "West Australian Vista - Yalgorup National Park". 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

External links

• Naturebase - Yalgorup National Park