Drysdale River National Park
Drysdale River National Park covers an area of 448,264 hectares. The scenery in the park is diverse with gorges and cliffs contrasting with broad rivers and plains. Spectacular waterfalls are found on Palmoondoora Creek, Morgan Falls, on the Drysdale River, Solea Falls, on Johnson Creek, Cracticus Falls as well as on many of the smaller tributaries.
The park encompasses a cross section of the main geological formations of the North Kimberley, only the laterites are poorly represented. Biologically, the park is intermediate between the subhumid North West Kimberley and the semiarid East Kimberley.
The vegetation is predominantly low open forest, low woodland, and low open woodland but there are small areas of vine thickets and a unique area of tall closed forest. Fringing communities occur along creeks and rivers and around swamps. Nearly 600 species of plants are in the area. 28 species of native mammals, nearly 2500 species of insects, 26 species of freshwater fishes, 13 species of frogs, 47 species of reptiles and 127 species of birds.
Access is via station tracks on Carson River Station from the Kalumburu Road. Permission must be obtained before using these tracks. For access via Carson River Station, contact Kalumburu Aboriginal Corporation on 08 9161 4300. You will need to call in at the Kalumburu Aboriginal Community to obtain and pay for a permit before entering the Carson River Station and also register with the Kununurra office of Conservation and Land Management. Although entry is free into the Drysdale River National park, a charge by the Kalumburu community to use the access roads is normally enforced. Written approval is recommended.
Important to note: The Park is still a primitive wilderness with limited access up to its boundaries, no resident rangers, no facilities, and no authorised vehicular access within the park. Although Carson escarpment on the western border can be approached via Doongan and Theda stations providing the owners have given consent, the Kimberley region during the wet season and for a good while after, is both hazardous and dangerous, especially without backup vehicles on any roads other than major highways.
Saltwater crocodiles inhabit the waters of the Drysdale River below Solea Falls. Do not swim and be wary near riverbanks. Camp well away from the river.
The blazing of trails by any vehicles in Western Australian National Parks is against the provision of the National Parks Authority Act.
Fuel may be available only from Mount Barnett Station on the Gibb River Road, between Derby and Wyndham and Drysdale River Station, Kalumburu Road.
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