Drysdale River National Park

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Drysdale River (or Drysdale River National Park) is a national park in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, 2,168 kilometres (1,347 mi) northeast of Perth. The park lies about 100 km (62 mi) south of Kalumburu and 150 km (93 mi) west of Wyndham. The park is the largest and least accessible in the Kimberley, with no public road leading to it and no airstrip within its boundaries. Access to the park is gained via the track from Carson River Station from the Kalumburu Road. Permission must be obtained from the Kalumburu Aboriginal Corporation prior to entering the park. There are no visitor facilities or marked walk trails in the park. Rangers do not patrol the park and no food, fuel or mechanical services exist within the park or at Carson River Station. The park is a good example of untouched Kimberley, wilderness featuring open woodland, gorges, cliffs, and the pools, waterfalls and creeks of the Drysdale River. The park is home to two large waterfalls, Morgan Falls and Solea Falls, with numerous smaller falls along the course of the river. The area provides habitat for many rare plants and animals. Almost 600 species of plants are known to exist within the park. About 30 of these...

The park has a tropical savanna climate ( Köppen: Aw ); with a short wet season from November to mid-April and a long dry season from Mid-April to October. Climate data was sourced from the nearest weather station at the Doongan cattle farm. The area experiences 97.2 cloudy days and 105.5 clear days per annum. Extreme temperatures have ranged from 44.0 °C (111.2 °F) on 22 October 2002 to 1.6 °C (34.9 °F) on 9 August 1995. The wettest recorded day was 16 March 2012 with 243.0 mm (9.57 in) of rainfall.