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	Purnululu National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Purnululu National Park is in Western Australia, 2054km northeast of Perth.
		Purnululu is the name given to the sandstone area of the Bungle Bungle Range by the Kija Aboriginal people.
		Access to the park by road is via Spring Creek Track, from the Great Northern Highway approximately 250km south of Kununurra, to the track's end at the visitor centre.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Purnululu_National_Park (336 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Purnululu National Park
		Purnululu National Park, in western Australia 69 miles north of Halls Creek, is the home of the Bungle Bungle Range, a fascinating geological landmark.
		Purnululu, which means sandstone in the Kija Aboriginal language, is open from April to September.
		From the air, the sight of the orange and black stripes across the beehive-like mounds is spectacular.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/2015llt.htm (167 words)

	Purnululu National Park
		Purnululu National ParkLocationNorthern Territory, AustraliaNearest CityDarwinLatitude17° 27' 47" SLongitude 128° 33' 51" EArea239,723haDate of Establishment1987Governing BodiesDepartment of Conservation and Land Management[?]IUCN category IIPurnululu National Park is in Western Australia (Australia), 2054 km northeast of Perth.
		Purnululu National Park is in Western Australia (Australia), 2054 km northeast of Perth.
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	www.termsdefined.net /pu/purnululu-national-park.html (245 words)

	Protected Areas Programme -
		Purnululu National Park is located in the East Kimberley region of the state of Western Australia, in the far north-west of the continent.
		Purnululu Conservation Reserve is located adjacent to the park and extends over an area of 79,602ha, it is managed as a buffer zone to better protect Purnululu National Park.
		Under it’s current National Park designation, the nominated area and the surrounding buffer zone (Purnululu Conservation Reserve), are owned by the Western Australia State Government and managed by the Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM), under the 1984 Conservation and Land Management Act.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/Purnnp.html (2863 words)

	Purnululu National Park: Park of the Month - July 1997
		The Bungle Bungle Range, in Purnululu National Park, is one of the most fascinating geological landmarks in Western Australia.
		The turn-off to the park is 250 km south of Kununurra or 109 km north of Halls Creek.
		Purnululu attracts visitors for a whole range of reasons.
	www.calm.wa.gov.au /national_parks/previous_parks_month/purnululu.html (1073 words)

	Swagman MotorHomes - THE CLUB
		Purnululu (Bungle Bungle) National Park is just another one of the many unique places that Australia has to offer in the outback, even if you only get "half a chance" to visit this wonderful part of the Kimberley region, do so, and savoir the very atmosphere of the Bungle Bungle domes.
		In Purnululu National Park our duties included keeping the campground and facilities clean, ensuring there is plenty of fire wood for camp fires in the places provided, dissemination of accurate information to visitors and generally helping rangers and visitors wherever needed.
		The Purnululu National Park was listed as World Heritage on 3 July this year.
	www.swagman.com.au /theClub.asp?n=5 (1501 words)

	Bungle Bungles Purnululu National Park WA
		Purnululu National Park is found 110 kms north of Halls Creek, 260 kms south of Kununurra in the eastern Kimberley region of Western Australia.
		The area was declared a National park in 1987 and is under the management of the Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM).
		Many other new species of plant have been described in the National Park.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /ecars/Places/Au/WA/BungleBungle.html (1255 words)

	World Heritage: Purnululu National Park
		Purnululu National Park has such outstanding universal natural values that it enriches the world and should be conserved for the benefit of all people.
		Purnululu National Park, in the East Kimberley Region of Western Australia, has been inscribed on the World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee, meeting in Paris in June and July 2003, for its outstanding universal natural heritage values.
		Purnululu National Park enhances the representativeness of the World Heritage List and also complements other World Heritage properties in Australia, especially Uluru- Kata Tjuta National Park and Kakadu National Park.
	www.deh.gov.au /heritage/worldheritage/sites/purnululu/index.html (769 words)

	Purnululu National Park - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		Purnululu National Park (Department of the Environment and Heritage)
		The 239,723 ha Purnululu National Park is located in the State of Western Australia.
		The diversity of landforms and ecosystems elsewhere in the park are representative of the larger region, and lack a unique aesthetic quality, but provide a sympathetic visual buffer for the massif.
	whc.unesco.org /pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=1094 (533 words)

	Message
		Purnululu National Park will be open on Friday 7 April 2004 unless there is significant rain fall in the district.
		The Cape Range National Park issues paper, which is a part of the public consultation process to prepare a management plan for this distinctive area on the State's north-west coast has been released.
		Cape Range National Park was gazetted as an A-class reserve in 1971 and a management plan for the park was approved in 1987.
	www.trackcare.com.au /info/06_04_2004.htm (1656 words)

	Punululu National Park
		Purnululu National Park is Australia’s 15th natural wonder to be given World Heritage listing.
		Testament to this increasing international recognition is the recent World Heritage listing of Purnululu National Park in the isolated East Kimberley region.
		Today, Purnululu is seen as one of the scenic jewels of outback Australia and is ranked alongside other natural treasures such as Uluru (Ayers Rock) and the Great Barrier Reef.
	www.virtualoceania.net /australia/photos/outback/bungles1.shtml (338 words)

	Kununurra and Bungle Bungles - Land Log 15
		Purnululu National Park was declared a National Park in 1987.
		Purnululu is the name given to the sandstone area of the Bungle Bungle Range by the Kija Aboriginal people.
		Sadly, we had to leave the Purnululu on Tues 20th and head to Kununurra the largest town in the east Kimberley and the site of the Ord River dam and irrigation district.
	www.users.bigpond.com /billyboytwo/Logs/Log15.htm (1796 words)

	World Heritage: Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
		You are here: DEH Home > Heritage > World Heritage > Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
		Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in two stages, initially for its outstanding universal natural values and then for its outstanding universal cultural values:
		The park covers an area of 132 566 hectares of arid ecosystems and is located close to the centre of Australia in the traditional lands of Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Aboriginal people (locally known as Anangu).
	www.deh.gov.au /heritage/worldheritage/sites/uluru/index.html (876 words)

	Hidden Valley National Park - InfoSearchPoint.com
		The rock formations are very similar to the Bungle Bungle outcrops in Purnululu National Park.
		Hidden Valley also known as Mirima National Park is a national park in Western Australia (Australia), 2220 km northeast of Perth.
		The entrance to the park is located two kilometres from the town of Kununurra.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Hidden_Valley_National_Park (118 words)

	World Heritage: Purnululu National Park: Values
		Purnululu National Park contains a natural phenomenon of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic value in its sandstone karst landscapes which are unmatched elsewhere in the world in terms of their scale, extent, diversity of forms and grandeur.
		The Bungle Bungle Range, within Purnululu National Park, is the most outstanding example of cone karst in sandstones anywhere in the world and owes its existence and uniqueness to several interacting geological, biological, erosional and climatic phenomena.
		The sandstone karst of Purnululu National Park is of great scientific importance in clearly demonstrating the process of cone karst formation on sandstone.
	www.deh.gov.au /heritage/worldheritage/sites/purnululu/values.html (709 words)

	National Parks: Latest Park News
		Purnululu National Park is closed until further notice due to heavy rain and localised flooding of creeks and roads.
		Walyunga National Park - Improvements planned will mean parts of the park may be closed for a short time.
		The Lake Jasper recreation site in D’Entrecasteaux National Park has been closed to enable the area to be rehabilitated following a bush fire that burnt through 500 hectares in November 2004.
	www.calm.wa.gov.au /national_parks/latest_park_news.html (478 words)

	The World Today Archive - Bungle Bungles placed on World Heritage List
		The botanist and landscape artist was instrumental in having the Purnululu area listed as a national park in 1987, and she's delighted all its wonders have finally been recognised for their significance.
		TANYA NOLAN: But the Purnululu National Park is best known for the Bungle Bungle massif, the huge bee-hive structures rising more than 500 metres above sea level, which are ringed with black and orange lichen and silica and which make them a breathtaking sight, particularly from the air.
		Rich in both living and historical Aboriginal culture, the park, known as Purnululu National Park was listed because of its geological significance.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2003/s894303.htm (695 words)

	Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Uluru-Kata Tjuta is a national park in the Northern Territory of Australia, 1431 km (890 miles) south of Darwin.
		Its most important sites, after which it is named, are Uluru / Ayers Rock and Kata Tjuta / Mount Olga.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uluru-Kata_Tjuta_National_Park (107 words)

	Purnulula National Park
		Purnulula National Park is found in the eastern section of the Kimberley Region in Western Australia's far north-east.
		Unfortunately the only access to this spectacular national park is by 4WD along a 53km track (Spring Creek Road) of the Great Northern Highway 110km north of Halls Creek and 250km south of Kununurra.
		Walardi Camping Area is located in the southern section of the national park.
	wilderness.esmartweb.com /WA/purnulula.html (447 words)

	Australia's Bungle Bungles -- an Outback experience
		The Bungle Bungles are a massif in Western Australia's Purnululu National Park that has eroded into hundreds of dome-shaped, orange-and-black-banded sandstone formations.
		The nearest sizable town, 162 miles (260 kilometers) north of Purnululu National Park, is Kununurra — an Aboriginal word meaning big waters.
		The park is closed during the rainy season, around January to April.
	www.inquisitivetraveler.com /pages/artlib/austbgls.html (988 words)

	The Kimberley and Rottnest Island, Australia
		Another popular destination is Purnululu National Park (Bungle Bungle), where sandstone forms beehive mounds encased in a skin of alternating orange and black bands.
		In Drysdale River National Park in the northern Kimberley, 594 plant species have been recorded including carnivorous bladderworts, trigger plants (Stylidium sp.), which release their trigger or column on the back of an insect to deposit or collect pollen, and 25 fern species.
		The main attractions in Mitchell River National Park are Aunauyu (Surveyors Pool) and Punamii-unpuu (Mitchell Falls, which has a 5-fall drop ending in a deep gorge.
	www.lonker.net /travel_australia_4.htm (562 words)

	Australian guided walking holidays - 16 days in remote Kimberley National Parks, gorges and Aboriginal rock art
		Purnululu National Park - An optional flight over the Bungle Bungle Ranges viewing this 350 million year old beehive shaped geological wonder, is spectacular.
		Day/Half Day walks scheduled for Purnululu NP (Bungle Bungle), Chamberlain and Emma Gorges, Mitchell River NP, Windjana Gorge, Tunnel Creek NP, Nitmiluk NP, Kakadu NP, Litchfield NP Short strolls included in all travel days as we shift from one National Park base or reserve to another.
		Wading through the 750metre long cave of Tunnel Creek National Park we'll recall the hunt for Pigeon or Jandamarra the Aboriginal tracker turned outlaw, killed at the entrance in 1897.
	www.natureboundaustralia.com /tours/northwest/default.php (1720 words)

	The Bungle Bungles of Western Australia
		Purnululu National Park is 110 km north of the town of Halls Creek and 250 km south of Kununurra in the north east of Western Australia.
		A television crew came upon the unique beehive-shaped domes in 1982 and in 1987 it was proclaimed a National Park.
		Geologists tell us that during the Devonian Era, 350 million years ago, a great marine deposit was formed here; it eroded away by the hundreds of millions of wet seasons to the present structure of domes, cliffs and gorges.
	ozoutback.com.au /postcards/postcards_forms/wa_bungles/index.htm (353 words)

	Overlander 4WD :: Destinations
		Purnululu National Park, also known as The Bungle Bungles, is 110km north of Halls Creek, and 250km south of Kununurra.
		Purnululu National Park is a special place, and it truly deserves its reputation for rugged beauty.
		With a geographical history dating back 400 million years, it's hard to believe that the Purnululu National Park, more commonly known as the Bungle Bungles, was only 'discovered' by the general public as recently as 1983.
	www.overlander.com.au /pg/destinations.php?dest=8 (1954 words)

	Bungle Bungles, Purnululu - The Kimberleys, Western Australia, Bungle Bungles Tours
		Purnululu (Bungle Bungles) National Park, located south west of Kununurra, in the north east of Western Australia is one reason people travel to The Kimberleys.
		Purnululu (Bungle Bungle) National Park has been home to Aboriginal people for thousands of years.
		As unbelievable as it seems, this area was kept a secret by locals until 1982, and was made a national park in 1987.
	www.bunglebungles.com (489 words)

	Purnululu National Park
		This park covers 3,000 square klms and is characterised by the orange and black stripes covering beehive domed sandstone structures.
		Commonly known as the Bungle Bungles the local aboriginal name for the area is Purnululu with the "P" being pronounced somewhat similar to a "B".
		It was only in the early to mid 1980's that the general public became aware of this unusual landscape and began visiting the area.
	members.westnet.com.au /web/billh/Nat_Parks/purnululu.htm (432 words)

	Savannah Way - National Parks
		Covering an area of 200,000 hectares including 45,000 hectares of the Bungle Bungle Range, the Purnululu National Park lies 110 kilometres north of Halls Creek.
		The park is closed from January to April due to monsoonal conditions.
		Bird and animal life is abundant within the park, along with a diverse reptile population.
	www.savannahway.com.au /site/national_parks.asp?locid=82 (120 words)

	Purnululu National Park
		The industry is angry that the airstrip at the famous Purnululu National Park has been closed for major works at the start of the tourist season.
		Increasing wildfire activity across the remote Purnululu National Park in Western Australia's Kimberley region is putting pressure on some small marsupials and...
		43p stamps show views of Blenheim Palace and the Greater Blue Mountains area and the 68p values show the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney and Purnululu National Park.
	conservation.mongabay.com /news/Purnululu_National_Park.htm (245 words)

	AusEmade: Purnululu (Bungle Bungle) National Park Information and Attractions, Western Australia (WA), Australia
		Located in the east Kimberley region close to the border with the Northern Territory is the Purnululu National Park, home to a geological landmark and outstanding example of cone karst in sandstones, the Bungle Bungle Range.
		Department of the Environment and Heritage • World Heritage - Purnululu National Park.
		Often just referred to as the Bungle Bungle, the face of the park is the beehive-shaped cone towers that have been formed over 20 millions years, an impressive sight and internationally renown among Australia’s many attractions.
	www.ausemade.com.au /wa/destination/p/purnululu-bungle-bungle-national-park.htm (412 words)

	Scenic Flights -> Kununurra -> Bungle Bungles & Lake Argyle - Kimberley Holidays Australia
		Depart from Kununurra at 6.00 by scenic flight for Purnululu National Park.
		Departs from a jetty on the shores of Kona Lakeside Tourist Park (amphibious aircraft depart from Kununurra Airport with a landing on Lake Kununurra or Lake Argyle depending on weather conditions)
		Transfer to an air-conditioned 4WD for the drive to Cathedral Gorge, located at the southern end of the Bungles where the renowned beehive domes are found.
	www.kimberleytravel.com.au /Products.asp?MenuSubCategoryID=159 (1040 words)

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