Nambung National Park

Nambung National Park

Nambung National Park is located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 200 km northwest of Perth. The park is home to the Pinnacles Desert, an area containing thousands of limestone formations known as pinnacles. The Nambung National Park includes the beaches of Kangaroo Point and Hangover Bay, as well as coastal dunes and low-lying heathland with flowering plants. On the walkway in the northern part of the park, at Lake Thetis, visitors can see thrombolites, structures built by cyanobacteria. Some fossilized thrombolite may be 3.6 billion years old. Nambung National Park is home to 176 species of animals, including 128 birds, 8 mammals, 15 reptiles, numerous fish and arthropods and one amphibian. Mammal species include the Western Grey Kangaroo, Red Kangaroo, Dingo, Honey Possum and Red Fox. Bird species to be seen here include the Silver Gull, Black-Faced Woodswallow, White-Backed Swallow, Red-Capped Plover and Raven. Reptile species such as the Buchanan's Snake-Eyed Skink, the Yellow-Faced Whip Snake, the Bobtail and the Sand Goanna live here. The only species of amphibian observed is the sign-bearing froglet. Humpback Whales visit the waters adjacent to the park during the northern and southern migration seasons, while sea lions and dolphins live here all year round.