Top 7 National Parks I've been to in Australia

Top 7 National Parks

7. Karijini National Park

Located in the Hamersley Range in center of the Pilbara region in West Australia. Only two hours drive from Newman. Trips from Perth are available, too. 
The National Park is 627.445 hectare big and the second biggest National Park in West Australia. Its also a two billion old national park which makes it spectacular in massive gorges, crystal clear rock pools and waterfalls, tunnels of marbled rock, stunning lookouts and walk trails.
Activities to do: Four Wheel Driving, Camping, Canoeing/Kayaking, Rock Climbing, Swimming, Walks, Hiking

Rock Pools and waterfall

Down "in the gorge": Long time no rain and dry heat and still a small stream

A gorge from above

spectacular sculptures 

6:00 start hike to Mount Bruce

7:30 am Good Morning world on the way to Mount Bruce

8 am: On top of Mount Bruce

 

6. Port Campbell National Park

Located in the south-western Victoria 190 km south-west of Melbourne. The great oean road leads you through the park and you'll stop at amazing spots.
The park is adjacent to the Great Otway National Park and the Bay of Islands coastal park.
The National Park is 1.750 hectare big and features an array of cliffs, gorges, arches and blow-holes. 
The cliff-tops are particularly exposed to the hash weather conditions from the Southern Ocean and it is subject to salt-laden air. However grassland and heath-lands develop as well as a lot of orchids. 

Flora in the Park

Twelve apostles

The Grotto

5. Kalbarri National Park

Located 433km north of Perth and 183.004 hectare big. The park has two different landscape forms. On the one side there is the Murchison River. It's a 80km long river through red-white gorge to the ocean.
Secondly it recognized the steep perception of the city of Kalbarri. This part is famous for its wildflowers.  

Natural Window

Stunning gorges and the Murchison River

Camping spot for the night

4. Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park

Located 450 km north of Adelaide in the central Flinders Ranges. The 95.000 hectare big park can be entered either from the north or west. Gorges, the native wildlife, rich cultural heritage, impressive geological features caracterie the park. As well as the highlight the amphitheatre of mountains- the wilpena pound.
Not all streets are sealed but the road through the park and into Wilpena pound is sealed.

7:00: hike to see the wilpena pound of the national park

Good morning sheeps and kangaroos

3 hours later - We made it!!

Wilpena pound in the back- a creature that looks like a pan from above

driving from young to old geological features

 Driving in the National Park

Lookout in the park

A picture of Wilpena pound from above

Visitors at 11pm at the campground 

3. Grampians National Park ("The Grampians")

Located in the Grampians region of Victoria. The 167.219 hectare national park is 260km west of Melbourne and 460 km east of Adelaide. The park was listed on Australian National Heritate List in 2006 for its outstanding natural beauty and being one of the richest indigenous rock art sites in south-eastern Australia. The Grampians feature a striking series of sandstone mountain ranges.
Its original name "Gariwerd" was given by the local Australian Aboriginal languages, either the Jardwadjali or Djab Wurrung language.

Lookout in the Grampians

Poor trees that burned on one point in the past- but a typicl regrowth after the bushfire

2. Great-Sandy National Park

Located in the Fraser Coast Region in Queensland the national park covers 74.400 hectare. Great Sandy National Park is a coastal national park and is divided into two sections. The Cooloola Recreation Area with 18.400 ha and K'gari with 56.000 ha.
Section 1 is situated between Rainbow Beach and Noosa Heads while the second section is on Fraser Island.

Rainbow Beach

Fraser Island

75 Mile Beach

Sun set at Harvey Bay

1. Flinders Chase National Park - Kangaroo Island

Located in the western part of Kangaroo Island.
It's my number 1 not only because of it's variety of flora and fauna also because it's a special place we really enjoyed and we've been really close to the fire. 

Flinders Chase National Park is 32.600 hectare big. The park's scenery includes Admirals Arch, a beautiful natural rock arch shaped by the powerful Southern Ocean and the granite boulders (Remarkable Rocks). Furthermore wild beaches, unspoilt Rocky River, vast wilderness areas and cultural heritage sites including two lighthouses.

On the way to the remarkable rocks

Wildlife koala relaxing in the tree

Remarkable rocks

seals

Admirals Arch-A LOT OF seals

Cape Du Couedic Lighthouse( Heritate site)

The day after we visited the National Park it had to be closed because of the bushfires...

Day 1 for us on kangaroo Island with smoke from the fire in the Ravine des Casoars park

Koala kid lost at the campground

Vivienne Bay 

Kangaroo Island was "on fire". We are really lucky that we could enjoy the colorful National Park, the cities and the beaches. 3/4 of the Island was burning. Online I found this:

And ABC news showed this on TV about Kangaroo Island on 4th of February 2020:

The latest news I found are reporting that the Ravine fire has burned almost half of the island.  Wildfire Today reports that 210.000 hectares burned.

Area that burned in black

 A picture of the NASA shows the fire on 6th January 2020.

6th January2020, red areas represent eat (NASA)