SECTION 4: SECTION 5: ROMEO ROAD TO LACEY ROAD LACEY ROAD TO LOCH McNESS Walking Protocols 5.6KMS : APPROX 3 HOURS 5.2KMS : APPROX 2-3 HOURS This section passes through degraded Tuart areas and relates This section passes through areas of Tuart, The Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail passes the story of the Crocodile and the Waugul. Banksia woodland and heath to Yanchep through areas of great natural beauty and diversity. National Park and Loch McNess. You can help conserve these areas and the track by 1. Follow the edge of the Neerabup National Park. YABEROO BUDJARA HERITAGE TRAIL following the Leave No Trace Codes of 2. Winery circa mid-1960s to 1970s. 1. Pipidinny Swamp is a haven for Bushwalking. 3. Dizzy Lamb Fun Park. birdlife. Section Maps 4. A steep ridge typical of the 2. Large Tuart Grove. • TREAD LIGHTLY limestone foundation. 3. Vantage point approx 50m Stay on the established trails. Taking short cuts or 5. Access to the beach via off track and overlooks zig-zagging disturbs vegetation and can cause Pipidinny Road. the Park. erosion. 4. Vantage point overlooks northern • BE CLEAN edge of dune Take all your rubbish and waste home with you. system. 5. Track bisects • LET THEM FEED THEMSELVES LACEY ROAD Banksia Please do not feed native animals. Feeding can woodland and make them dependant on humans, cause illness heath. and spread disease. 6. Cross Yanchep • QUIETLY, QUIETLY… Road to Beach You will have a better chance of seeing and hearing Coogee Swamp House. the wildlife if you keep your noise levels down. 7. White’s Grotto, natural amphitheatre. Safe Walking 8. Loch McNess is extremely Carry drinking water (there is no water available on significant to the trail), wear a hat, appropriate clothing and use the Aborigines sunscreen. of the area. The trail is quite rough in some places and very sandy in others. Suitable bushwalking footwear should be worn. SECTION 1: SECTION 2: SECTION 3: NEIL HAWKINS PARK TO BURNS BEACH ROAD TO QUINNS ROAD QUINNS ROAD TO ROMEO ROAD Introduction BURNS BEACH ROAD 7.5KMS : APPROX 3-4 HOURS 6.7KMS : AT LEAST 3 HOURS 2.5KMS : APPROX 1 HOUR This section focuses on the plantlife of Neerabup This section passes through stands of Jarrah and Sheoak, The Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail commences This section follows Lake National Park, as well as showing the changes open Banksia woodland and limestone heath. either at Neil Hawkins Park on the shore of Lake Joondalup, featuring the flora made by limestone quarrying in the area. 1. Head north into a mixed stand of Jarrah Joondalup, approximately 30 minutes’ drive north and birdlife of the wetlands. of Perth via the Mitchell Freeway or Wanneroo 1. The track into Neerabup National Park and Sheoak. Road. Or at Yanchep National Park, a further 20 1. Neil Hawkins Park. was originally constructed for access 2. Cross over the firebreak into open minutes along Wanneroo Road. It can also be done 2. Contrasting habitats. to the quarries. woodland. in sections (see individual maps). 3. Stairway Lookout. 2. The top of the ridge provides views of 3. Vegetation changes from low woodland 4. Aboriginal camping Waukolup Hill and the Indian Ocean. to limestone heath. The Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail is a 28km and hunting ground. 3. The original quarry was opened to cut 4. 360o views of surrounding area. walktrail from Lake Joondalup in Wanneroo 5. Peppermint trees and limestone blocks then extended to 5. Access to the wreck of the Alkimos and through Neerabup National Park to Yanchep Zamia Palms. Evidence provide stone for road construction. the Alkimos campsite. National Park, highlighting features of natural, of introduced grasses. 4. Mixed woodlands. Aboriginal and historical significance. 5. Hall Road - PRIVATE access. 6. Quinns Road leading to The trail is based on Yellagonga’s tribes’ movement Quinns Rocks. track linking the linear lakes of the coastal plain, later used by Europeans as a stock route. The name ‘Yaberoo Budjara’ is translated as the land (Budjara) of the people of north of Perth (Yaberoo). SOURCE: LIBRARY, 5269P BATTYE An Aboriginal family north of Perth,An c.1880