Fitzgerald River National Park is in the Goldfields-Esperance of Western Australia. It is on the southern coast, and is accessed from the South Coast Highway
Most of the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia was cleared for agriculture between the 1890s and the 1950s, with awkward areas of land like Fitzgerald River NP, Stirling Range NP and many other smaller areas being too difficult to exploit. As a result, the national parks of the region were not planned, but happened because the exploitation was either not easy or not possible.
The most botanically important regions in the state with 1,800 known plant species in the park and 62 found only in the park.
The only way to get into is by taking the South Coast Hwy from either Albany or Esperance and should take some hours to get here.
A fee of $11 per car is collected at each entrance gates
The roads are graded gravel easily traversed without a 4WD. Some minor roads to remote areas are 4WD only. Occasionally roads may be closed if they have become flooded after wet weather.
There are no places to eat in the park, and you will need to bring your own food.
Drinking water is not available anywhere in the park
There are prescribed camp sites in the park. Only Point Ann and Four Mile Beach are accessible with a 2WD The campsites are only large enough to be suitable for tents or very small caravans.
While it might be tempting to drop your tent on the beach, camping rough outside of the prescribed camp sites or in parking lots is not permitted.
Fitzgerald River NP has had some very serious bushfires in the last few decades. Make sure you keep your possessions with you, and an easy escape route available if you are there in the bushfire season - take care if you see smoke, and always check any details about fires or other things to do with weather conditions and fire conditions before setting up camp.
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