request. on format alternative in available Publication RECYCLE Please return unwanted brochures to distribution points distribution to brochures unwanted return Please 2018 April at current Information Boab tree, Windjana Gorge National Park. National Gorge Windjana tree, Boab AUSTRALIA WESTERN 20170314-0418-2M GOVERNMENT OF GOVERNMENT them for all to enjoy. to all for them LEAVE NO TRACE NO LEAVE Leave things as you find find you as things Leave appropriately in the next town. No bins are provided in the park. the in provided are bins No town. next the in appropriately BE CLEAN BE Please take your rubbish with you and dispose of it it of dispose and you with rubbish your take Please Visitor guide Visitor Front cover cover Front Tunnel Creek. Tunnel Windjana Gorge campground. Gorge Windjana Photos –Tourism WA and DBCA and WA –Tourism Photos cooking appliance. Only light fires in the fire rings located at at located rings fire the in fires light Only appliance. cooking BE CAREFUL BE Avoid the risk of bushfire. Use your own portable portable own your Use bushfire. of risk the Avoid as they can affect aquatic life. life. aquatic affect can they as Ph: (08) 9191 5355 9191 (08) Ph: BE WISE BE sunscreen or soaps with water contaminate not Do Fitzroy Crossing Visitors Centre Visitors Crossing Fitzroy Pets, firearms and fishing are not permitted. permitted. not are fishing and firearms Pets, dbca.wa.gov.au dbca.wa.gov.au BE KIND KIND BE Do not disturb or take any animals, plants or rocks. rocks. or plants animals, any take or disturb not Do Ph: (08) 9195 5500 5500 9195 (08) Ph: BE CAUTIOUS BE Stay on the roads and tracks to protect the park. park. the protect to tracks and roads the on Stay 111 Herbert Street, Broome Broome Street, Herbert 111 Parks and Wildlife Service Broome Office Broome Service Wildlife and Parks Your safety is our concern but your responsibility. your but concern our is safety Your Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and Conservation Biodiversity, of Department Take care Take For further information further For Crossing visitor centres. visitor Crossing and at the Parks and Wildlife Service office and Derby and Fitzroy Fitzroy and Derby and office Service Wildlife and Parks the at and shop.dbca.wa.gov.au/park-passes , , at online available are passes in the collection box if the area is unattended. A range of park park of range A unattended. is area the if box collection the in entrance station, by either paying a ranger or depositing the fee fee the depositing or ranger a paying either by station, entrance maintain and enhance the park. Please pay entry fees at the the at fees entry pay Please park. the enhance and maintain Visitor fees apply at Windjana Gorge National Park, which help help which Park, National Gorge Windjana at apply fees Visitor Fees and park passes park and Fees Right Right Above Windjana Gorge National Park. National Gorge Windjana Creek. Tunnel national parks national Tunnel Creek Tunnel Windjana Gorge Windjana and Traditional owners Welcome “Bunuba welcome people onto their country as long as they respect country and culture, only go places and do what is allowed.” (Bunuba Dawangarri Aboriginal Corporation (2017) Jalangurru Muwayi – Bunuba Healthy Country Plan, 2017-2027). Bunuba people are the traditional owners of Windjana Gorge, Tunnel Creek and surrounding areas. The names of the parks Windjana Gorge National Park recognise the cultural and continuing significance of the area to Bunuba, and their involvement in park management. Their Above Windjana Gorge. history and mythology are recorded in art and artefacts, and in “These Garuwa (water) places contain many important traditional stories, songs and ceremonies handed down from animals like the Gayi (freshwater crocodile), Nyannyani generation to generation until the present day. Windjana Gorge Services and facilities (sawfish) and Jawiywiy or Ngangu (bull shark),” and Tunnel Creek are highly spiritual places to Bunuba and the Bunuba Dawangarri Aboriginal Corporation (2017) Jalangurru There are two campgrounds located in the park, only one Muwayi – Bunuba Healthy Country Plan, 2017-2027. Wandjina are the powerful creation spirits that reside there. permits the use of generators. The campground facilities Hence the name Windjana, which was (mis) recorded by William include showers, toilets and water. There is also a day-use area Forrester, who took up the nearby pastoral lease in 1884 and with picnic tables, toilets and an information shelter. Camp built the Lillimilura Station Homestead. fires are only permitted in designated fire rings and must be There are opportunities to learn and immerse yourself in Bunuba extinguished nightly. All firewood should be brought with culture through guided tours led by the traditional owners. visitors and is not to be collected within the park. Fire should be used responsibly and is not permitted during periods Planning your visit of Very High, Extreme or Catastrophic fire danger. Please ask a Windjana Gorge and Tunnel Creek are park ranger if you are unsure about lighting a fire. outstanding natural attractions located in the Both attractions are located on the Fairfield Leopold Downs Road. Windjana Gorge National Park is 150km from Fitzroy Universal access is applicable to toilets only. Napier Range landscape in the Kimberley region Crossing and 145km from Derby. Tunnel Creek National Park Top right Bower bird. Above Freshwater crocodile. of Western Australia. Featuring unique geology is situated 36km south east of Windjana Gorge. The only Wildlife and wildlife and drawing in more than 30,000 access is by unsealed roads in a four wheel drive vehicle. Road Windjana Gorge National Park supports many plants and There are more than two hundred plant species in the park. visitors each year. conditions can vary greatly and change rapidly, and roads are animals typical of the Kimberley region. Visitors may see The ancient limestone reef, or Napier Range, is home to often closed from November to April due to the wet season. freshwater crocodiles, black flying foxes, corellas and very hardy plants like spinifex, rock figs and kurrajong. River The national parks are open to the public from the end of wet The Lennard River runs through Windjana Gorge for 3.5km, pythons. A range of birds of prey may be seen including figs, leichardt trees and weeping paperbarks are common season, depending on weather and road conditions. Late April carved from a fossilised barrier reef creating limestone walls falcons, white-bellied sea eagles, whistling kites and brown throughout the gorge on the river banks. Boabs, eucalyptus to late November is the dry season, typified by clear warm days that rise either side of the river to stand up to 100m tall. goshawks, along with water birds like egrets, herons, brolgas trees and the twin-leaved Bauhinia are found scattered and cool nights. Temperatures range from about 35°C during and glossy ibis as well as bustards. There may also be within the extensive grassland on the plain surrounding the Tunnel Creek is a 750m long tunnel carved out of the the day to 15°C at night. The day-use areas within the parks glimpses of northern nailtail and agile wallabies or the short- gorge and Napier Range. are open from 6:30am to 6:30pm daily. limestone range by flowing water. The tunnel is up to 20m eared rock wallaby at dawn and dusk. high and 15m wide in parts. Visitors should contact Derby and Fitzroy Crossing visitor Below Bird life at Windjana Gorge. Below Python. Below right Brolgas. There is an array of activities for visitors to see and do, such centres or the Parks and Wildlife Service at the Department of as simply admiring the world-renowned geology, to viewing Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) to make sure freshwater crocodiles basking in the sun, finding fossilised that the park and roads are open. plants and animals in the walls of Windjana Gorge, walking by torchlight through the underground Tunnel Creek, relaxing in the shade under a river fig tree or immersing yourself in the rich history and culture of the area. Left Visiting Windjana Gorge. request. on format alternative in available Publication RECYCLE Please return unwanted brochures to distribution points distribution to brochures unwanted return Please 2018 April at current Information Boab tree, Windjana Gorge National Park. National Gorge Windjana tree, Boab AUSTRALIA WESTERN 20170314-0418-2M GOVERNMENT OF GOVERNMENT them for all to enjoy. to all for them LEAVE NO TRACE NO LEAVE Leave things as you find find you as things Leave appropriately in the next town. No bins are provided in the park. the in provided are bins No town. next the in appropriately BE CLEAN BE Please take your rubbish with you and dispose of it it of dispose and you with rubbish your take Please Visitor guide Visitor Front cover cover Front Tunnel Creek. Tunnel Windjana Gorge campground. Gorge Windjana Photos –Tourism WA and DBCA and WA –Tourism Photos cooking appliance. Only light fires in the fire rings located at at located rings fire the in fires light Only appliance. cooking BE CAREFUL BE Avoid the risk of bushfire. Use your own portable portable own your Use bushfire. of risk the Avoid as they can affect aquatic life. life. aquatic affect can they as Ph: (08) 9191 5355 9191 (08) Ph: BE WISE BE sunscreen or soaps with water contaminate not Do Fitzroy Crossing Visitors Centre Visitors Crossing Fitzroy Pets, firearms and fishing are not permitted. permitted. not are fishing and firearms Pets, dbca.wa.gov.au dbca.wa.gov.au BE KIND KIND BE Do not disturb or take any animals, plants or rocks. rocks. or plants animals, any take or disturb not Do Ph: (08) 9195 5500 5500 9195 (08) Ph: BE CAUTIOUS BE Stay on the roads and tracks to protect the park.