Walyunga National Park

The Swan-Avon River and the Eastern Railway run through the park and the Avon Descent passes through a set of rapids along this section.Also it is home to many animals such as grey kangaroo, galah, goanna, magpie, gecko and many other wildlife species.Plants include flooded gum, jarrah, petrophile and hakea.Walyunga is a 6000 year old meeting place used by the Noongar people.The word Walyunga roughly translates to "Happy Place".
Western AustraliaIUCN categorynational parkCoordinatesDepartment of Environment and ConservationList of protected areas ofWestern AustraliaGreat Northern HighwaylocalityCity of SwanDarling ScarpDarling RangeAvon RiverEastern RailwayAvon Descentrapidsgranitedoleritelateritegrey kangaroogoannamagpieflooded gumjarrahpetrophileNoongarProtected areas of Western AustraliaLandgateDepartment of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and WaterNational parks of Western AustraliaAlexander MorrisonAvon ValleyBadgingarraBlackwood RiverBoorabbinBoorara-GardnerBoyndaminupBrockmanBunubaCape AridCape Le GrandCape RangeCape Range (South)Collier RangeDalgarupDanggu GorgeD’EntrecasteauxDirk Hartog IslandDrovers CaveDryandra WoodlandDrysdale RiverEasterFitzgerald RiverForest GroveFrancois PeronFrank HannGloucesterGoldfields WoodlandsGoongarrieGooseberry HillGreater BeedelupGreater DordagupGreater HawkeGreater KingstonGreater PrestonGreenmountGull RockHassellHelenaHilligerHoutman Abrolhos IslandsJohn ForrestKalamundaKalbarriKarijiniKarlamilyiKennedy RangeKorungLake MuirLakesideLawley RiverLeeuwin-NaturalisteLesmurdie FallsLesueurMatuwa Kurrara KurraraMidgegoorooMillstream ChichesterMilyeannupMirimaMitchell RiverMoore RiverMount AugustusMount FranklandMount Frankland NorthMount Frankland SouthMount LindesayMount RoeMungada RidgeMurujugaNambungNeerabupNiiwalarra IslandsPeak CharlesPimbeePorongurupPrince RegentPurnululuSerpentineShannonSir James MitchellStirling RangeStokesTathraTorndirrupTuart ForestTunnel CreekWarlibirriWalpole-NornalupWandooWarrenWatherooWaychinicupWellingtonWest Cape HoweWhicherWilliam BayWiltshire-ButlerWindjana GorgeWolfe Creek Meteorite CraterWooditjupYalgorupYanchepYelvertonEdel LandHelena and Aurora Ranges