Neerabup National Park is a national park in the

City of Wanneroo The City of Wanneroo is a local government area with city status in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It is centred approximately north of Perth's central business district and forms part of the northern boundary of the Perth ...

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, situated approximately north of

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. The park is found to the west of

Wanneroo Road Wanneroo Road is a arterial highway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia linking Joondanna and Yokine in the south with Wanneroo and Yanchep in the north. As part of State Route 60, it begins from Charles Street in the inner ...

and is a long thin strip of bushland that is about in length. It contains no car parks and roads or any other facilities and attracts no entrance fee. The area protects part of an ancient

Indigenous Australian Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...

migration route between Lake Joondalup and Loch McNess (in

Yanchep National Park Yanchep is a national park in Western Australia, north of Perth adjacent to the locality of the same name Yanchep. The park is noted for its caves, native bush and koala colonies. It also offers cultural educational programmes offered in partne ...

). This later became are well used

stock route A stock route, also known as travelling stock route (TSR), is an authorised thoroughfare for the walking of domestic livestock such as sheep or cattle from one location to another in Australia. The stock routes across the country are colloquially ...

and then part of the Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail. The trail is based on the Yellalonga tribes movements between the lakes and highlights features of historical, aboriginal and natural significance. The park lies within the

Northern Swan Coastal Plain Important Bird Area The Northern Swan Coastal Plain Important Bird Area comprises a 2307 km2 tract of land in south-west Western Australia. Description The Important Bird Area (IBA) stretches from the city of Perth northwards along the coast to the town of ...

, so identified by

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because of its importance in supporting several thousand

Short-billed Black Cockatoo Carnaby's black cockatoo (''Zanda latirostris''), also known as the short-billed black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo endemic to southwest Australia. It was described in 1948 by naturalist Ivan Carnaby. Measuring in length, it has a sh ...

s during the non-breeding season.BirdLife International (2011) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Northern Swan Coastal Plain. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 3 September 2011.

References

National parks of Western Australia Protected areas established in 1965 Important Bird Areas of Western Australia Neerabup, Western Australia {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub

See also

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