Avon Valley National Park

Avon Valley National Park covers 48 km² about 80 km northeast of Perth, spanning the ecological transition between southern jarrah forests and the drier scrublands of Western Australia's interior. Founded in 1970 and recognised as a Ramsar wetland, the park owes much of its conservation value to the Avon River — known as Golguler by the Noongar people, for whom the waterway carries deep cultural significance. The jarrah and marri woodland supports a rich array of birdlife, reptiles, and marsupials largely absent from the surrounding agricultural landscape. Visitors can walk forested trails, paddle the Avon River by canoe, or time a visit for the spring wildflower season when the understorey bursts into colour.