Hattah-Kulkyne National Park

Hattah-Kulkyne National Park Victoria
IUCN category II (national park)
250px Hattah Lake, within the national park.
Hattah-Kulkyne National Park
Nearest town or city	Mildura
Coordinates
Established	7 June 1960 (1960-06-07)
Area	480 km2 (185.3 sq mi)
Managing authorities	Parks Victoria
Website	Hattah-Kulkyne National Park
See also	Protected areas of Victoria

The Hattah-Kulkyne National Park is a national park in the Mallee district of Victoria, Australia. The 48,000-hectare (120,000-acre) national park is situated adjacent to the Murray River, approximately 417 kilometres (259 mi) northwest of Melbourne with the nearest regional centre being Mildura. The national park was proclaimed on 7 June 1960 (1960-06-07) and is a popular destination for bushwalkers and school camping trips.

Description

The park is in the Mallee district, famous for its red dirt and semi-arid shrub-like vegetation, mainly eucalypts. There are several lakes in the area, the largest of which is Lake Hattah. During the dry season most of the lakes and their streams dry out completely. Although there are limited road and tracks, there are several major high tension power and telegraph lines that run through or near the park, around which large areas are cleared. For management purposes, the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park is managed with the Murray-Sunset National Park, Wyperfeld National Park, Lake Albacutya Park and Murray-Kulkyne Park as part of the Victorian Mallee Parks.

Important Bird Area

Over 200 bird species have been recorded in the park, which forms part of the Murray-Sunset, Hattah and Annuello Important Bird Area (IBA), so identified by BirdLife International because it contains mallee habitat supporting a suite of threatened mallee bird, including the malleefowl, black-eared miner and mallee emu-wren.

See also

• Protected areas of Victoria