This 52,500 hectare National Park was named after a French zoologist who explored the area in 1801 and 1803. Peron Station developed in the 1880's as a sheep station, and in 1990 was purchased by the Western Australian Government to create a national park.
The Park offers rare wildlife, spectacular coastal scenery and rolling shrublands and spinifex sandplains interspersed with gypsum claypans of birridas. Some of the animals found in the area include euros, thorny devils, racehorse goannas, emus, fairy-wrens and thick-billed grasswrens.
From the cliffs of Cape Peron, dugongs, manta rays, turtles, sharks and fish are often spotted. The Peron Homestead precinct, just 6kms off the Monkey Mia Road, provides insight into the Park's past, present and future. Stroll through the Visitor Centre and Station Life Walk Trail and watch the emus. Hot baths fed from an artesian bore near the homestead are popular with visitors as they relax in the water's warmth and gaze up at the stars.
There are basic campsites at Big Lagoon, Bottle Bay, Herald Bight and Gregories. Gas barbecues are supplied and wood fires are not permitted. Visitors need to bring water supplies when visiting the Park and access is currently only available to 4WD vehicles.
Project Eden
The Peron Peninsula is home to a nature conservation project aimed at rejuvenating the ecosystem and creating a safe haven for threatened native wildlife.
The Department of Conservation and Environment has already eradicated foxes, is controlling cats and had reintroduced species such as woylies, malleefowl and greater bilby.
For further information contact DEC on (08) 9948 1208.
