CAPE RANGE NATIONAL PARK, NINGALOO
REEF MARINE PARK
The entrance
of this park is 39 Km from Exmouth, the park include the shoreline of the Ningaloo Marine
Park and is characterised by its diversity of flora, fauna and fossils remnants. The Cape
Range is the only elevated limestone range on the north-western coast of WA. The
impressive weathered limestone range has plateaus of up to 314 metres high. It forms the
spine of the peninsula that stretches up towards North West Cape in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. In this park are spectacular rocky
gorges, carved by ancient rivers, adjoining one of the most pristine and beautiful
coastlines in the world, the area is well known for the striking contrast between the
clear blue seas, coral reefs and sandy beaches of Ningaloo Marine Park, and the rugged
scenery of Cape Range.
Sandy Bay, Cape Range National Park,
Western Australia.
Sandy Bay, Cape Range National Park,
Western Australia.
YARDIE CREEK
Yardie
Creek is about 90 Km from Exmouth and 38 kilometres south of the Visitor Centre along the
Yardie Creek Road. A 500 metre (˝ hour return) walk meanders above the gorge's vertical
red rock walls, overlooking Yardie Creek. It's a spectacular gorge where deeep blue waters
reflect the sheer red walls of the towering cliffs above. The gorge abounds in birdlife,
and colonies of rock wallabies can be seen watching curiosly from the rock face.
Yardie Creek, Cape Range National Park,
Western Australia.
Yardie Creek, Cape Range National Park,
Western Australia.
Yardie Creek, Cape Range National Park,
Western Australia.
Our Australian guide Ean Baird of
Design-A-Tour, in Yardie Creek, Cape Range National Park, Western Australia.
Yardie Creek, Cape Range National Park,
Western Australia.
Rock-wallaby (in the center of the image),
Yardie Creek, Cape Range National Park, Western Australia. Visitors to Yardie Creek, in
Cape Range National Park south of Exmouth, are likely to see black-footed rock-wallabies
along the gorge walls.
Yardie Creek, Cape Range National Park,
Western Australia.
Yardie Creek, Cape Range National Park,
Western Australia.
Map of Cape Range National Park, Western
Australia.
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