Elephant Rocks - William Bay NP - Dec 2009

Elephant Rocks is a sheltered beach in

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

, a few hundred metres east of

Greens Pool Greens Pool is a sandy white beach with boulders on the south coast of Western Australia between Denmark and Walpole. This sheltered area is part of William Bay National Park and has a sandy white beach ringed by large granite boulders that pre ...

. It is about from

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, in

William Bay National Park William Bay National Park is a national park in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, southeast of Perth and between the towns of Denmark and Walpole. Description Situated approximately west of Denmark, William Bay National Park ...

. Its name is derived from a series of exposed rocks, which from several angles resembles a herd of elephants.http://www.denmark.com.au/en/Natural+Wonders+of+Denmark/William+Bay+National+Park.htm Denmark Visitor Centre

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Denmark Tourist Bureau
* {{cite web , url= http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,725/ , title= Discover Green's Pool & Elephant Rocks – William Bay NP (371.57 Kb) , access-date= 24 January 2010 , archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110320190809/http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,725/ , archive-date= 20 March 2011 , url-status= dead Rock formations of Western Australia Beaches of Western Australia South coast of Western Australia