Ouyen Attractions
Ouyen (pop. 1500) is a traffic hub and agricultural center in the huge Mallee wheat belt.
Within easy reach of Ouyen are the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park and the recently established Yanga-Nyawi (Murray-Sunset) National Park, with camping grounds on the Pink Lakes.
Within easy reach of Ouyen are the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park and the recently established Yanga-Nyawi (Murray-Sunset) National Park, with camping grounds on the Pink Lakes.
Hattah-Kulkyne National Park
48,000ha.
Occasional flooding by the Murray supplies a series of lakes with water, allowing tall river red gums to flourish. Otherwise the vegetation cover is mallee scrub. There are many water birds in the park, and it is also home to the mallee fowl, which deposits its eggs in mounds of decomposing vegetation which serve as incubators.
Occasional flooding by the Murray supplies a series of lakes with water, allowing tall river red gums to flourish. Otherwise the vegetation cover is mallee scrub. There are many water birds in the park, and it is also home to the mallee fowl, which deposits its eggs in mounds of decomposing vegetation which serve as incubators.
Parks Victoria Information Line
Level 10 535 Bourke Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000
Australia
Level 10 535 Bourke Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000
Australia
Murray-Sunset National Park
63,300ha.
Murray-Sunset National Park was established in 1991 (previously Pink Lakes State Park). The park reaches west to the borders of South Australia and north to adjoin Wyperfeld National Park. It is planned to extend it northward as far as the Murray River, thus bringing an immense area of mallee scrub with its typical flora and fauna under protection. There are many unsurfaced tracks through the park (all-terrain vehicles advisable).
Murray-Sunset National Park was established in 1991 (previously Pink Lakes State Park). The park reaches west to the borders of South Australia and north to adjoin Wyperfeld National Park. It is planned to extend it northward as far as the Murray River, thus bringing an immense area of mallee scrub with its typical flora and fauna under protection. There are many unsurfaced tracks through the park (all-terrain vehicles advisable).
Parks Victoria Information Line
Level 10 535 Bourke Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000
Australia
Level 10 535 Bourke Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000
Australia
