Wyperfeld National Park

Wyperfeld National Park Victoria
IUCN category II (national park)
"Snowdrift" sandhill on otherwise flat land in Wyperfeld National Park, 2001.
Wyperfeld National Park

Nearest town or city	Hopetoun
Coordinates	35°23′21″S 141°52′37″E / 35.38917°S 141.87694°E / -35.38917; 141.87694
Established	1921^[1]
Area	3,570 km² (1,378.4 sq mi)^[1]
Managing authorities	Parks Victoria
Website	Wyperfeld National Park
See also	Protected areas of Victoria

The Wyperfeld National Park is the third-largest national park in Victoria, Australia, located in the Mallee district, approximately 450 kilometres (280 mi) north-west of Melbourne. The national park was declared in 1921 and has been expanded significantly since, to protect 357,017 hectares (882,210 acres) of mallee, woodland, and heathland. Along with the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, Murray-Sunset National Park, Lake Albacutya Park and Murray-Kulkyne Park, Wyperfeld National Park is managed as part of the Victorian Mallee Parks.^[1]

History

Like most of north-western Victoria, Wyperfeld was a shallow sea from about 25 million years ago until fairly recent times. The current landforms took shape as the sea gradually retreated from 40,000 to 15,000 years ago, leaving a vast expanse of sandy sediment which formed into sand dunes as it dried.

Before European settlement, a network of ephemeral lakes in the area filled and emptied, on average, about every 20 years, typically remaining dry for about half that period. More recently, agricultural irrigation and drainage projects in the surrounding areas have cut off a significant part of Wyperfeld's water supply. Consequently, the lakes have not been completely filled since 1975, and had drained again just two years later.

Environment

In good years, the Wimmera River fills Lake Hindmarsh to the south of the park, which overflows along Outlet Creek and then fills Lake Albacutya to the immediate south of the park. Given sufficient rain in the catchment, the water flows further north into Wyperfeld itself, forming a series of smaller lakes, which support rich floral and faunal communities based around black box and river red gum. Despite downstream flooding in 2011, the park has seen no inflow of water for many years.^[2]

The reserve is part of the Wyperfeld, Big Desert and Ngarkat Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of malleefowl and other species of mallee birds.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mallee Parks Management Plan" (PDF). Parks Victoria (PDF). Government of Victoria. September 1996. pp. 1–3. ISBN 0-7306-6174-1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
^ "Parched lake may end 15-year dry".
^ "Important Bird Areas factsheet: Wyperfeld, Big Desert and Ngarkat". BirdLife International. 2011. Archived from the original on 28 November 2001. Retrieved 6 December 2011.

External links

"Wyperfeld National Park". Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria.

Protected areas of Victoria, Australia

Marine national parks
Bunurong Cape Howe Churchill Island Corner Inlet Discovery Bay French Island Ninety Mile Beach Point Addis Point Hicks Port Phillip Heads Twelve Apostles Wilsons Promontory Yaringa

National parks

Former

State parks

Arthurs Seat Black Range Broken-Boosey Bunyip Cape Nelson Cathedral Range Dergholm Enfield Holey Plains Kooyoora Lake Tyers Langi Ghiran Leaghur Lerderderg Moondarra Mount Arapiles-Tooan Mount Buangor Mount Granya Mount Lawson Mount Napier Mount Samaria Mount Worth Paddys Ranges Reef Hills Warrandyte Werribee Gorge
Former	Angahook–Lorne Barmah Carlisle Chiltern Coopracambra Eildon French Island Kamarooka Kara Kara Melba Gully (Great Otway NP) Nepean Pink Lakes Terrick Terrick Wabonga Plateau Warby Range (Warby-Ovens NP) Whipstick

Marine and coastal parks
Bay of Islands Bunurong Cape Conran Cape Liptrap Corner Inlet Discovery Bay Gippsland Lakes Nooramunga Shallow Inlet Wilsons Promontory Former Cape Schanck Point Cook

Marine sanctuaries
Barwon Bluff Beware Reef Eagle Rock Jawbone Marengo Reefs Merri Mushroom Reef Point Cooke Point Danger Ricketts Point The Arches

Other parks

Wilderness parks	Avon Big Desert Wilderness Park Wabba Wilderness Park
Heritage / Historic parks	Beechworth Historic Park Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park Point Gellibrand Heritage Park Steiglitz Historic Park Wimmera River Heritage Area Park Woodlands Historic Park

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