Boranup, Western Australia

Boranup Forest

Boranup, Western Australia is the site of a large coastal dune blow out known as the Boranup sand patch as part of the Boranup beach,[1] and the site of a former M.C. Davies timber company mill.[2]

It is also a Karri forest remnant area [3] in the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park as well as a Western Australian State Forest area.[4]

Boranup Forest contains many limestone karst caves including Nannup Cave and Dingo Cave. Boranup area – also includes private property, a cafe and a gallery, a maze and a scenic drive.

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Notes

  1. ↑ "WA Beach 0643". Beachsafe. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Vasse News". The West Australian (Perth: National Library of Australia). 15 December 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Mills, Jenny Boranup forest: old growth or regrowth?. In National Conference on Australian Forest History. Australia' s Ever/ Changing Forests. Proceedings. (112)-120.
  4. ↑ Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park and Boranup State Forest no. 45. Visitor survey, January–March 1986 : supplementary paper no. 1 / [Department of Conservation and Land Management] Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park : draft management plan : supplementary papers.


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