Yanchep NP / Nambung Station

 Friday 3rd Oct

Started today by visiting Yanchep National Park. Koalas aren't native to Western Australia but have been introduced here in a managed area. So I saw some half-wild koalas through really the rangers take good care of them. They are allowed to roam freely though so of course most were napping high up in trees! 

There were wild kangaroos around the park and one bounced straight across my parth when I did a woodlands walk. They are Western Grey Kangaroos here although they look a red colour to me! I was happy not to see a tiger snake who live in the wetlands area by the lake.

The woodlands trail was a lovely walk. Lots of flowers out, the orange ones I see everywhere are cape tulips I think. I don't really know which trees I'm looking at but the whole park smelt of eucalyptus. 

I also took a tour of the Crystal cave (there's not really any crystals!) which was nice to do but we have much better caves in Yorkshire of course (though fewer kangaroos). 

I then drove a couple of hours north to Nambung Station which is a 5000 acre working cattle farm. Its in the middle of nowhere surrounded by Nambung National Park. There is a campsite and also static caravans one of which I am staying in. There are a couple of families here but also other travellers from different counties. At 5pm we fed the donkeys and George the calf (abandoned by the herd and now a pet) and then had a camp fire. 

The driving was on big straight roads with lots of red earth either side so its starting to look very Australian.

Koala Boardwalk
This kangaroo and joey had taken refuge in the koala area - but there were plenty of wild ones hopping about 

Woodland walk trail






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