Boranup, Western Australia

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Boranup
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Boranup Forest
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Boranup
Boranup, Western Australia
Coordinates: 34°4′41″S115°0′56″E / 34.07806°S 115.01556°E / -34.07806; 115.01556
Country Australia
State Western Australia
LGA
Government
 •  State electorate
 •  Federal division
Area
 • Total
106.5 km2 (41.1 sq mi)
Population
 • Total4 (SAL 2016) [1] [2]
Postcode
6288

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.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Boranup (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  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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