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Drovers Cave National Park is a national park in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia (Australia), northwest of Perth. The nearest town is Jurien Bay to the west. The area is composed of limestone and numerous caves are known to exist within the park boundaries. Many of the caves are locked with screens to keep visitors out in the interest of public safety and to prevent vandalism.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Total Travel - Drovers Cave National Park )〕 Some of the other caves found within the park include Hastings, Moora, Old river and Mystery caves. Hastings cave is known to contain fossils. Drovers Cave was well known to early explorers and stockmen; the location of the site near to the Canning Stock Route meant it was often visited by drovers, hence the name. The first known visit to the cave was a drover who signed the cave wall in 1886. Many more visits occurred between 1930 and 1940. The cave was surveyed in 1973 and gazetted as part of the National Park the same year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Western Australian Speleological Group Website )〕 Native flora within the park includes shrub banksia, one-sided bottlebrush and parrot bush. Fauna includes emus, honey possums, western pygmy possums, short-beaked echidnas, western grey kangaroos, Australian bustards and many reptiles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Planbooktravel - Drovers Cave National Park )〕 ==See also== * Protected areas of Western Australia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Drovers Cave National Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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