Parks for People :Cape Range National Park

摘要

From the glistening turquoise waters that house an abundance of marine life to the rugged ancient canyons, visitors to Cape Range National Park are spoilt for choice on how to spend their time and what to explore. On the right day, it comes pretty close to being paradise.Located adjacent to Ningaloo Marine Park, on Western Australia's Coral Coast, Cape Range National Park covers more than 50,000ha of spectacular scenery. Now celebrated as part of the Ningaloo Coast World Heritage area, the park has been known to local Aboriginal people for an estimated 35,000 years and there are 140 sites registered on the list of Aboriginal Site and other Heritage Places.Burial grounds, examples of rock art and artefacts, including shell beads, provide an insight into Jinigudira, Baiyungu and Thalanji people who lived in the area. Nowadays, people come from across the world to see the unique combination of this rich heritage and the tropical reef and turquoise waters contrasting against the ancient gorges.