Tathra National Park - WA

"Altitude: 235.3mNo dogs (or other pets) allowedNo entry fee4WD onlyIf you travel east of Eneabba, along the Carnamah – Eneabba Road, drive through the Tathra National Park, the Nyangar word for “beautiful place”. These reserves are a treasure trove of flora and fauna; wildflowers, kangaroos, emus and birdlife, even a couple of breeding eagles!Park along the sides of the road, and take time to wander in along some of the marked tracks to really see some lovely species.There are no facilities but Tathra National Park is noted for its diversity of flora and varying landscapes. You will experience sandplain country and rocky breakaways. The park covers 4322 hectares and is surrounded by farmland.The diversity of flowering plants of the kwongan can clearly be seen. Did you know that Kwongan is the Noongar Aboriginal word for a type of open shrubland? Fascinating!First to flower in winter are wattles and brown daviesias. Felted verrauxia has long spikes of small yellow flowers in early spring. Then pink myrtles, blue dampiera and leschenaultia begin to bloom, with delicate orchids springing up between shrubs. Wooly floxglove, a grey woolly plant with pink flowers in spring, grows along the road. By late spring, there are masses of different scarlet verticordia and yellow dryandras.Come in late winter and spring for colourful displays of wildflowers. Remember the saying though – “take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints”."