Boranup
Western Australia
Boranup Forest
Boranup is located in Western Australia
Boranup
Boranup
Coordinates34°4′41″S 115°0′56″E / 34.07806°S 115.01556°E / -34.07806; 115.01556
Population4 (SAL 2016)[1][2]
Postcode(s)6288
Area106.5 km2 (41.1 sq mi)
LGA(s)Shire of Augusta-Margaret River
State electorate(s)Warren-Blackwood
Federal division(s)Forrest

Boranup is a locality in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River in the South West region of Western Australia.[3][4] It is the site of a large coastal dune blow out known as the "Boranup sand patch" as part of the Boranup beach,[5] and the site of a former M. C. Davies timber company mill.[6] The sand patch area and sand blows affected the alignment of the Busselton to Flinders Bay railway.

It is a karri forest remnant area[7] in the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park, as well as a Western Australian State Forest area.[8][9]

Boranup Forest contains many limestone karst caves, including Nannup Cave and Dingo Cave.

The Boranup area includes private property, a cafe and a gallery, a maze and a scenic drive.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Boranup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. 
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Boranup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  3. ↑ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "WA Beach 0643". Beachsafe. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Vasse News". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 15 December 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  7. ↑ Mills, Jenny Boranup forest: old growth or regrowth?. In National Conference on Australian Forest History. Australia' s Ever/ Changing Forests. Proceedings. (112)-120.
  8. ↑ Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park and Boranup State Forest no. 45. Visitor survey, January–March 1986 : supplementary paper no. 1 / [Department of Conservation and Land Management] Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park : draft management plan : supplementary papers.
  9. ↑ Boranup State Forest working plan, 1976- 80, [The Dept.], 1976, retrieved 26 September 2016
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