Editing Neerabup National Park

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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                   = protected
| name                   = Neerabup National Park
| state                  = wa
| iucn_category          = II
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| zoom                   = 11
| coordinates            = {{coord|31|40|30|S|115|44|07|E|display=inline,title}}
| relief                 = yes
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| nearest_town_or_city   = Perth
| area                   = 9.43
| area_footnotes         = <ref name="ParkAreas">{{cite journal| year=2010| title=Department of Environment and Conservation 2009–2010 Annual Report| journal=Annual Report| pages=48| publisher=Department of Environment and Conservation| issn=1835-114X| url=http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/content/view/6139/2345/| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111124319/http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/content/view/6139/2345/| archive-date=11 January 2011| df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| established            = 1965
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| managing_authorities   = [[Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia)|Department of Environment and Conservation]]
| url                    = https://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/park/neerabup
}}
'''Neerabup National Park''' is a national park in the [[City of Wanneroo]] in [[Western Australia]], situated approximately {{convert|27|km}} north of [[Perth]].

The park is found to the west of [[Wanneroo Road]] and is a long thin strip of bushland that is about {{convert|12|km|abbr=on}} in length. It contains no car parks and roads or any other facilities and attracts no entrance fee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.about-australia.com/travel-guides/western-australia/perth/attractions/natural/neerabup-national-park/|title=About Australia - Neerabup National Park|year=2010|access-date=7 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410181544/http://www.about-australia.com/travel-guides/western-australia/perth/attractions/natural/neerabup-national-park/|archive-date=10 April 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The area protects part of an ancient [[Indigenous Australian]] migration route between Lake Joondalup and Loch McNess (in [[Yanchep National Park]]). This later became are well used [[stock route]] and then part of the Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wanneroo.wa.gov.au/info/20058/museums_culture_and_arts/180/yaberoo_budjara_heritage_trail |title=City of Wanneroo - Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail|access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref> The trail is based on the Yellalonga tribes movements between the lakes and highlights features of historical, aboriginal and natural significance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yellagonga.org/park-information/114-yaberoo-budjara-heritage-trail|title=Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail|year=2010|access-date=7 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304134730/http://www.yellagonga.org/park-information/114-yaberoo-budjara-heritage-trail|archive-date=4 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The park lies within the [[Northern Swan Coastal Plain Important Bird Area]], so identified by [[BirdLife International]] because of its importance in supporting several thousand [[Short-billed Black Cockatoo]]s during the non-breeding season.<ref name=bli>BirdLife International (2011) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Northern Swan Coastal Plain. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 3 September 2011.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Protected areas of Western Australia]]

== References ==
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{{National Parks of Western Australia}}


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[[Category:National parks of Western Australia]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1965]]
[[Category:Important Bird Areas of Western Australia]]
[[Category:Neerabup, Western Australia]]


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