March 22, 2014
Posted by
Ramon in
Australia,
Class 2,
Day Hike,
Hiking,
IUCN Protected Category 2,
Looped Hike,
Mediterranean,
National Parks,
Outback,
Sclerophyll & Mediterranean Forests,
Western Australia Ghost House Walk
Yanchep National Park lies on the Swan Coastal Plain, an area that was traditionally under the care of the Yued, Whadjuk, Binjareb and Wardandi Noongar peoples. The tribal name for the park is 'Nyanyi-Yandjip'; 'Yanchep' having been derived from 'Yandjip', which is the aboriginal name for the reeds that fringe the lakes in the area that are thought to resemble the mane of the Waugul (a snakelike dream-time creature
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