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Stirling Range - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The area that is now the Stirling Range National Park was temporarily reserved in April 1908, and formally gazetted as Western Australia's third national park in June 1913. The Stirling Range is a range of mountains and hills in the South West region of Western Australia, 337km south-east of Perth. The plains in the Stirling Range region were the hunting grounds for small groups of Australian Aborigines for thousands of years before European settlement. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stirling_Range_National_Park

Stirling Range National Park Stirling Range National Park is 100 kilometres northeast of Albany. Stirling Range National Park: is situated in the southwest of Western Australia and has an area of 116,00 hectares (286,00 acres). The jagged peaks of the Stirling Range stretch for 65 kilometres from east to west. www.yallaroo.com.au /Stirling-range.htm

Stirling Ranges Porongurups Tourism The Stirling Ranges and the Porongurups Ranges are some 40km north of Albany and are both part of the Stirling Range National Park. The Stirling Range National Park covers 2401ha of diverse land; the most striking feature is the mountain ranges. The unusual rocky peaks and brilliant displays of wildflowers of the National Park afford visitors some of the best scenery in the Australia’s south west. www.discoverwest.com.au /western_australia/stirling_ranges_porongurups.html

Stirling Ranges The Stirling Range National Park is located approximately 80 kms north of the coastal town of Albany. Like its neighbour, the Stirling Range National Park, within Porongurup there are a number of challenging short on track walks and if you want to venture further, you will need to make your own way. The Porongurup Range, the centre piece of the park is 12 kilometres long and reaches to a height of 670 metres. aushiker.com /stirling_ranges.htm

Stirling Range National Park Stirling Range National Park is located approximately 80 km north of Albany. The photos on this page were taken outside the park with peaks dominating the view. Ranges rise abruptly to more than 1000 metres above the sea level. www.eneabba.net /Wa/Stirlings-5.html

Stirling Range National Park Birding Sites The Stirling Range National Park is approximately 380km south east of Perth and 80km north of Albany via Chester Pass Road. CALM Stirling Range National Park Office, Chester Pass Road, Amelup 6338 (08 9827 9230) I recommend staying at the Stirling Range Retreat (08 9827 9229) on the northern edge of the park on Chester Pass Road opposite the turnoff to Bluff Knoll. members.iinet.net.au /~foconnor/sites/stirling_range.htm

Walkabout - Cranbrook There are a number of major walking trails in the Stirling Range National Park. Driving through the Stirling Ranges it is impossible not to be overwhelmed by the richness of the native flora. The Colonial botanist, James Drummond, made a number of visits to the Ranges in the 1840s and began the process of scientific exploration which has revealed that there are over 1000 types of flora in the Park of which 60 are unique to the area. www.walkabout.com.au /locations/WACranbrook.shtml

www.westernbelle.com Bluff Knoll, Stirling Range National Park, The Lily Vineyard & Dutch Windmill, The Wildlife Haven. It is one of the entrance points to the Stirling Range National Park. The park is known for the variety of flowers and the number of bird species it contains. www.westernbelle.com /borden.html

EO Newsroom: New Images - Sterling Range, Western Australia The Stirling Range National Park in the southwestern corner of Australia forms a rare patch of deep green, wooded hillsides and parkland in an area dominated by checkerboard plains of agricultural land. The irregularly shaped edge on the southwestern end of the park is where the boundary is not an arbitrary straight line but instead a branch of the Kalgan River, which is fed in large part from precipitation falling in the western half of the range. The park runs along the east-west trending mountain range, and it is split in two by one major access road running from the coastal town of Albany up to Borden in the north. earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16950

guidething: Western Australia National Parks Kalbarri National Park is situated 550 kilometres North of Perth and boast a wide range of natural landscapes from rolling coastal and Mallee plains to deep river gorges and cliff faces, as well as sandy beaches and slow, winding rivers. Karijin National Park is abundant with spectacular gorges with varied colours and impressive rock formations. Western Australia has some 65 National Parks, all of them offering impressive sights of nature at its best. www.guidething.com /australiaandpacific/australia/westernaustralia/nationalparks

Australia Parks - National - Tourist - Caravan - Camping - Information Centre The area was declared a national park in 1913, at a time where the dominant culture was towards clearing the bush and converting it to farmland. Buried deep in the Earth's crust, the rocks which form today's Stirling Range were gradually exposed over millions of years as the surrounding rocks were worn away by the forces of weathering (chemical breakdown) and erosion (physical removal of material by water, wind and gravity). The jagged peaks of the Stirling Range stretch for 65 kilometres from east to west. parks.camping.com.au /wa/wa_southcoast_stirling.htm

Albany GateWAy - Town\Stirling_Ranges The Stirling Range National Park was named by John Septimus Roe on 4 The National Park is a mecca for bird watchers. Slide evenings depicting Flowers and Fauna of the Stirling Range are held at Stirling Range Retreat on Monday and Thursday nights in Sept. and Oct. Phone (08) 9827 9229. www.albanygateway.com.au /town/stirling_ranges?sw=824&

Phytophthora in Forests & Natural Ecosystems - Albany 2001 Two-thirds of the Stirling Range National Park, notable for its 1,530 plant taxa and high numbers of rare and endemic species, is infested. The Fitzgerald River National Park with 1748 plant taxa is largely disease-free although a sizeable infestation occurs in the core of the Park. Stirling Range sampled from Bluff Knoll had considerably higher phosphite concentrations at two weeks and five months post-spray than Lambertia inermis sampled from the Bell Track. wwwscience.murdoch.edu.au /conf/phytophthora/abstract-wed.html

AusEmade: Western Australia National Parks, Reserve and Wildlife, Australia If it is not here, you can see a list of national parks from the Department of Conservation and Land Management National Parks or visit the National Parks home page. National Parks sites are listed here, click the one you are interested in. Go West Hand Book • Map of the national parks in the midwest region of Western Australia. www.ausemade.com.au /wa/destination/nationalparks.htm

WA4WDA News & Track Information The draft management plan for the Kennedy Range National Park and Proposed Additions was released for public comment on the 19 August 2005. All of Stirling Range Drive will be closed for the road maintenance, and is expected to reopen by Friday 4 March 2005. The City of Rockingham, in conjunction with the State Government, proposes to scuttle the vessel 'Saxon Ranger' in Shoalwater Islands Marine Park. www.wa4wda.com.au /News___Track_info/news___track_info.htm

Western Australia Wildflower Tour 2004 This morning we leave Bremer Bay and head west to the Stirling Range National Park. The Stirling Range is the highest group of mountains in the southwest. Western grey kangaroos are common in the park, and the bird life is rich, ranging in size from emus to diminutive blue wrens and thornbills. www.geostartravel.com /Australia/Australia2004.htm

STIRLING RANGES - WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Great Southern Region - Tourist Resource Centre If you are travelling to the Great Southern Region and your interest is the Stirling Range, Cranbrook will make a wonderful base for your adventure as it is situated only 10km's away from these magnificent peaks in the Stirling Range National Park. Sukey's Hill Lookout - Panoranmic views of the Stirling Range and Salt Lakes to the North and East. Borden named after an early Canadian Prime Minister is a small rural town serving visitors to the Stirling Ranges as well as the local community. jrc.net.au /rangestb

Roger's Website of Photography Photographed at the base of Mt Toolbrunup in the Stirling Range National park on an overcast day, this is a spectacular specimen of a Dryandra flower. A familiar sight to bushwalkers in the Darling Range, sundew sparkle in the early morning sunlight. Take a walk along the three peaks of the Porongurup National Park in Western Australia and you'll come across where this is taken. members.iinet.net.au /~rog1/photography/gallerySquare

"Mountain Protected Areas Update - September 10, 1996" -Mtn-Forum On-Line Library Document The National Park Service attempted to ban commercial climbing during June in deference to the desires of the First Nation people, but were taken to court by a coalition of property rights groups. Swiss National Park which is under strict protection has had the reputation of not being very user-friendly. He points out the example of the cluster of Black Mountains (1,400 km7 and Royal Manas (1,000 km2) National Parks in Bhutan together with Manas National Park (500 km2) in Assam, India show the way in transfrontier conservation to provide large areas for viable populations of plants and animals. www.mtnforum.org /resources/library/hamil96c.htm

International Games News June 2003 Finished are the El Higuero shooting range, the handball pavilion, the wrestling pavilion, a soccer field, hockey field, archery installation. Nations that did not have an athlete finish in the top four in their event will be allowed to enter runners in the Friendship Marathon. Athletes from Asian nations will be selected from the results of the 2002 Asian Games while African participants will be chosen from the 2003 African Games which will close on October 18. www.internationalgames.net /june2003.html

Draft managemnet plan for Stirling Range & Porongorup Nat. Pks released (16/4/97). "Both parks are particularly vulnerable to major wildfires, with Stirling Range National Park experiencing three major wildfires in the past 12 months," she said. Two of Western Australia's most significant southern conservation areas, the Stirling Range and Porongurup National Parks, are the subject of a Draft Management Plan released for public comment today. The Stirling Range and Porongurup National Parks Draft Management Plan will be open for public comment over the next two months. pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/23604/20040615/www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/cabinet/mediast/dg97-16/edwhills.html

Friends of the Porongurup Range Inc. - About Us Outside of the National Park, the Friends have also been active in planning wildlife corridors connecting the Park to other areas of remnant vegetation, with the ultimate aim of completing the 'Porongurup Corridor' from the Porongurup National Park to the Stirling Range National Park. Friends of the Porongurup Range Inc. - About Us he Friends of the Porongurup Range Inc. was formed by the Porongurup Community in 1990 to help preserve the environment of the Porongurup National Park and its surrounds. 'Art in the Park' is also one of the Friends projects in which man made sculptures are showcased in the natural setting of the Karri forest of the Porongurup National Park. www.porongurup.org /about.html

Wildflowers Albany Denmark WA Western Australia The Stirling Range National Park also features walk trails which provide an opportunity to view close up fabulous wildflowers. The Porongurup National Park is also a mecca for nature lovers, boasting a range of 20 orchid species, including the king spider and slipper orchids and the Southern Cross flower, as well as many varieties of native fauna, including over 70 species of birds. Close to Kinda Park Farm B and B lies West Cape Howe National Park, where the rich coastal health features Banksias, Dryandras, Hakeas and many plants from the myrtaceae family and is also a habitat for the insect trapping Albany pitcher plant. www.kindapark.com /wildflowers.htm

Stirling Range Retreat, Albany, Western Australia Stirling Range National Park (near Albany): Large range of self-catering accommodation (from self-contained chalets to backpacker hostel + caravan and tent campsites) bordering Stirling Range National Park. Bluff Knoll's rugged summit dominates the view from the Stirling Range Retreat. The retreat shares a boundary with the most beautiful national park in Western Australia. www.babs.com.au /stirlingrange

Southern Range & Wine Country - Tourism Western Australia There is a range of accommodation available through the area including a number of caravan and camping options through the Stirling and Porongurup Ranges, as well as some luxury retreats along the coast. The area surrounding Mount Barker, Frankland and the Porongurup National Park is rapidly becoming one of Western Australia's premier wine regions and there are also a number of olive groves in the area. Rising abruptly from the surrounding farmland, the Porongurup National Park is home to more than 700 species of flowering plants, as well as an awesome show of birdlife - from tiny blue wrens to majestic wedge-tailed eagles. www.actionhirecars.com.au /13554.htm

Stirling Ranges Western Australia - western,Australia,Perth,Ecotourism,Stirling,Range,bluff,knoll,Retreat,National,Park,Swag,Bush,hiking,camping,wildlife,wildflowers,birds,accommodation,Albany Free maps of flat walks in the Stirling Range National Park - Abbey - Mt James - Kanga - Paper Collar - Ongerup Creek Walks. It is the highest peak in the Stirling Range and indeed the whole southwest of Western Australia. To kill foxes 1080 poison baits are scattered in the National Park. www.stirlingrange.com.au /activities/bushwalk.html

Southeast Coast Western Australia travel guide - Travel Western Australia The Porongorup Range has some of the oldest rock in the world and the National Park covers 2 401ha. The Torndirrup National Park is on the coast south of Albany and Princess Royal Harbour and includes some of the most spectacular scenery in Australia. The view across the bay and the National Park from Frenchmans Peak is fabulous. www.atn.com.au /wa/south/parks-c.htm

Food and Drink from Rampant Scotland Directory SFF is a national campaign in the last two weeks of September where producers, retailers, restaurateurs and hoteliers across Scotland organize local events to promote the Scottish produce that they either sell or make. is a range of single malt Whisky Cakes made to a traditional fruit cake recipe and produced in the Highlands of Scotland by Ashers, family bakers since 1877. Isabella's Preserves is an award-winning range of jams, marmalades and relishes made in a small production unit on a traditional Aberdeenshire farm using recipes developed by Isabella. www.rampantscotland.com /food.htm

Gnowangerup Shire Council Webpage - Maps and Information Wildflowers abound during the season in the Stirling Range National Park. There is also the majestic Stirling Ranges - a growing ecotourism destination which attracts an estimated 175,000 persons annually, with well known climbing and scenic delights as Bluff Knoll, Mount Toolbrunup and Mount Trio. The Shire theme 'Heart of the Stirlings' typifies the attraction of the area. www.gnowangerup.wa.gov.au /maps.html

WESTERN AUSTRALIA 2 Stirling Range National Park has 5 peaks over 1000m, often shrouded in mist, sometimes glittering after a light fall of snow. This exquisite bay is in Cape Le Grand National Park, probably the most spectacular area on the south coast, 56 km from Esperance by sealed road. The biggest Karri tree is in nearby Warren National Park; and in Beedelup National Park you see one of those peculiar wonders people love: a hole through a Karri tree that took 10 hours to saw. members01.chello.se /orbit/wa2.html

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