National Park Purnululu Photo: national Park Purnululu

National Park Purnululu is one of the most interesting geological parks of Western Australia, a real Museum under the open sky. In 1987, the Park, covering 240 hectares on the plateau of the Kimberley, was inscribed on the world Heritage list of UNESCO. The nature of these places is truly pristine and untouched – the nearest settlement is located 250 km from the Park.

The native tribe of the cue "purnululu" means "Sandstone".Sometimes the Park is called Bangla-Bangla same name of the mountain range, the whole part of the Park.

The terrain of the Park is very diverse – it has already been mentioned above the mountain chain Bangla-Bangla area of 45 thousand hectares, a vast sandy plain, grassy lowlands in the valley of the Ord river and the limestone cliffs on the West and East of the Park.

The main attraction of the Park Purnululu is a mountain ridge education Bangla-Bangla, has acquired the form of hives as a result of erosion processes, which lasted for 20 million years. These "hives" are interesting structure – bright orange Sandstone alternates with dark stripes of a width of several meters. The bright orange color they give the oxides of iron and manganese.

Arid climate caused the formation of two ecosystems – Northern tropical savannas and mainland arid deserts. Flora of the Park includes woodlands and meadows with numerous eucalypts, Acacias and grevilleas. In total here there are 653 species of plants, 13 of which relics. The fauna is poor in species – the Park is home to 41 species of mammals, 81 species of reptiles, 15 species of fish and 149 species of birds.

The Park had a huge economic and cultural importance to the aboriginal tribes – found here about 200 rock paintings of ancient people and graves. But the Europeans, due to arid climate and inhospitable natural conditions, avoided these places. The first pastoralists appeared here in the late 19th century, and the amazing rock formations of the ridge Bang Bangla first opened to the world only in 1982!

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