D'ENTRECASTEAUX

20km west of Walpole

Park area 155,000 hectares.

The park covers 130 Km of the southern coastline. Camping is permitted but some sites are only accessible by 4wd. The name comes from the French explorer withe the rather grand name: Antonie Raymond Joseph De Brui Chevalier D Entrecasteaux who explored the coast with the ships Recherche (Research) and Esperance (Hope).

The name is pronounced - 'don-truh-cast-oh'

The Warren, Donnelly and Shannon rivers all pass through the park that also contains Lake Yeagarup and Lake Jasper (the largest freshwater lake in the south west.)

The park offers some of the best 4x4 trails and some of the most impressive scenery you will find on the south coast. Much of the area is quite remote so you need to be well prepared and equipped to tackle the tracks.

Black Point is one of the most interesting features of the park as it is made up of basalt rock formed by volcanic action in pre-history 135 million years ago.

Windy Harbour, Salmon Beach, and Broke Inlet can all be accessed by 2wd but all other areas require a 4x4 to access.

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