Korung National Park, formerly Pickering Brook National Park, [2] is a national park in Western Australia. It is located 26 kilometres (16 mi) south-east of Perth, [3] on edge of Darling Scarp overlooking the Swan Coastal Plain.
The park was designated in 2004. [1] It was formerly known as Pickering Brook National Park until 2008. It adjoins Midgegooroo National Park on the south.
Western portions of the park lie in the Swan Coastal Plain bioregion. The portion of the park east of the Darling Scarp lies in the Jarrah Forest bioregion. [4]
There are numerous walk trails through the park. The Munda Biddi Trail, a 1,000-kilometre (620 mi) bike trail, runs through the park. [3]
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The Darling Scarp, also referred to as the Darling Range or Darling Ranges, is a low escarpment running north–south to the east of the Swan Coastal Plain and Perth, Western Australia. The escarpment extends generally north of Bindoon, to the south of Pemberton. The adjacent Darling Plateau goes easterly to include Mount Bakewell near York and Mount Saddleback near Boddington. It was named after the Governor of New South Wales, Lieutenant-General Ralph Darling.
Upper Swan is an outer suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located 33 kilometres (21 mi) north-east of Perth's central business district in the City of Swan. The locality sits at the confluence of the Swan River, the Millendon Junction to Narngulu railway line and Great Northern Highway, which is where the main suburban townsite is located. The rest of the locality is characterised by rural and industrial land uses such as vineyards, equestrian estates and quarries.
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