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Nature Attractions In Mount Barker

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Mount Barker is a town in South Australia. Located approximately 33 kilometres from the Adelaide city centre, it is home to 16,629 residents. It is the seat of the District Council of Mount Barker, the largest town in the Adelaide Hills, and one of the fastest growing areas in the state. Mount Barker lies at the base of a local eponymous peak called the Mount Barker summit. It is 50 kilometres from the Murray River. Mount Barker was traditionally a farming area, and many of the lots just outside the town area are farming lots, although some of them have been replaced with new subdivisions in recent times.
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  • 1. Cleland Wildlife Park Crafers
    Cleland Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia about 22 kilometres south-east of the Adelaide city centre. Cleland Conservation Park conserves a significant area of natural bushland on the Adelaide Hills face and includes the internationally popular Cleland Wildlife Park and the popular tourist destinations of Mount Lofty summit and Waterfall Gully. It is maintained by the South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources .The conservation park was named for Sir John Burton Cleland , a renowned naturalist, microbiologist, mycologist and ornithologist, and member of the Royal Society of South Australia. After a career in medicine and pathology, Cleland became keenly interested in wildlife conservation.The conservation park ...
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  • 2. Elephant Rocks Denmark
    Elephant Rocks is a sheltered beach in Western Australia, a few hundred metres east of Greens Pool. It is located about 15 km west from Denmark, in William Bay National Park. Its name is derived from a series of exposed rocks, which from several angles resembles a herd of elephants. Fact sheetLocation: William Bay National Park Directions: 15 km west of Denmark on South Coast Highway, heading towards Walpole Coordinates: 35°1′32.41″S 117°14′7.24″E
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  • 3. Bluff Knoll Stirling Range National Park
    Bluff Knoll is the highest peak of the Stirling Range in the Great Southern region of Western Australia . It is 1,099 metres above sea level, and is one of only a few places to experience regular snowfalls in Western Australia, with some snow reported in most years. The last heavy snowfall was on 6 October 1992 when 20 centimetres of snow was recorded and light snow was seen at the base, 450 metres . Snow fell on three occasions in 2016 after only falling once in 2015. Although Bluff Knoll is sometimes claimed to be the highest point in Western Australia, the highest peak is actually Mount Meharry in Karijini National Park in the Hamersley Range, which is 1,249 metres above sea level. Local Aboriginal people, from the Qaaniyan and Koreng groups , who wore kangaroo skin cloaks in cold weath...
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  • 4. Porongurup National Park Mount Barker Western Australia
    Porongurup is the name of a small mountain range in the Shire of Plantagenet in Western Australia and of a small village on the northern slopes of the range. At the 2006 census, Porongurup had a population of 370.The name is derived from the Aboriginal place-name, and consequently arrived with no spelling as such. A common alternate spelling is Porongorup and while some maps still show this spelling, state government signs around the town use Porongurup, as does the promotion association for the region. The range includes Castle Rock, a popular climbing destination, and the Devils Slide.
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  • 5. Greens Pool Denmark
    Greens Pool is a sandy white beach with boulders on the south coast of Western Australia between Denmark and Walpole. This sheltered area is part of William Bay National Park and has a sandy white beach ringed by large granite boulders that prevent the swell of the Southern Ocean reaching the shoreline. The area has a car park, viewing platform and toilet facility with a reasonably steep sandy path down to the beach.
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  • 7. Monarto Zoo Monarto
    Monarto Zoological Park is a 1,500-hectare open range zoo located in South Australia administered by the Royal Zoological Society of South Australia . It is located at Monarto approximately 70 kilometres from Adelaide's centre. The zoo features several unique attractions, including the new, up-close and personal Lions 360 walk-in cage experience, a drive-through cheetah habitat, a southern white rhinoceros habitat, and Australia's largest giraffe herd. It is also home to South Australia's largest revegetation project. As of 2015 Monarto Zoo has achieved one of the most successful giraffe breeding programs in Oceania.
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  • 8. Walpole-Nornalup National Park Walpole
    Walpole-Nornalup National Park is a national park in the South West region of Western Australia, 355 km south of Perth. It is famous for its towering Karri and Tingle trees. Red Tingle trees are unique to the Walpole area.
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