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Walpole-Nornalup National Park

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The park also extends to the coast, providing a range of habitats from forest to coastal heathland featuring swamp paperbark and a red flowering gum which is endemic to the region. Conspicuous Cliff is one of the few places the coast is accessible in the national park. The area also the
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the Minister of Lands and Agriculture visited the area and was so impressed with the beauty that he set aside 370 ha (910 acres) for conservation as an A-class reserve. Another portion west of the Irwin Inlet was declared as a reserve in 1912 and later absorbed into the park.
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in the national park; this limits the risk of a large scale bush fire by reducing the amount of dry leaf litter on the ground. Tingles can look completely burned in the inside but continue to survive as they grow from just under the layer of outside bark.
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explored the area in 1877.T he Bellanger family were the first European settlers to arrive in the area in 1910, settling alongside the Frankland River and building a homestead in 1914. The park was first declared in 1910 when
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can get a tree top view on the Tree Top Walk a 40 m (130 ft) high walk way that can accommodate wheelchairs. Most similar canopy walks around the world are constructed using
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in 1809. The Noongar peoples know the area as Nor-Nor-Nup, meaning the place of the black snake, which was anglicised as Nornalup.
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The park is named after the nearby town of Walpole which in turn honours William Walpole, who served alongside
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vantage point is settled at Conspicuous Beach, providing views of migrating whales (
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The Valley of the Giants is one of the main tourist draws in the area. Those with a
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Walpole-Nornalup Inlets, which are fed by the Deep and Frankland rivers.
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that was established in 2004, an international biodiversity hotspot.
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trees are unique to the Walpole area. The park is part of the larger
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group who have inhabited the region for over 30,000 years.
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The park received 158,167 visitors through 2008–2009.
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Index

Western Australia
IUCN category
national park

Walpole-Nornalup National Park is located in Western Australia
Walpole
Coordinates
34°59′S 116°46′E / 34.983°S 116.767°E / -34.983; 116.767
Department of Environment and Conservation
Walpole-Nornalup National Park
List of protected areas of
Western Australia

South West region
Western Australia
Perth
karri
Red tingle
Walpole Wilderness Area
traditional owners
Murrum
Minang
Noongar
James Stirling
Warspite
William Nairne Clark
Frankland River
Ferdinand von Mueller
James Mitchell
head for heights
suspension bridge
whale watching

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