Neerabup National Park

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox protected area Neerabup National Park is a national park in the City of Wanneroo in Western Australia, situated approximately Template:Convert north of Perth.

The park is found to the west of Wanneroo Road and is a long thin strip of bushland that is about Template:Convert in length. It contains no car parks and roads or any other facilities and attracts no entrance fee.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The area protects part of an ancient Indigenous Australian migration route between Lake Joondalup and Loch McNess (in Yanchep National Park). This later became are well used stock route and then part of the Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The trail is based on the Yellalonga tribes movements between the lakes and highlights features of historical, aboriginal and natural significance.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The park lies within the Northern Swan Coastal Plain Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance in supporting several thousand Short-billed Black Cockatoos during the non-breeding season.<ref name=bli>BirdLife International (2011) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Northern Swan Coastal Plain. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 3 September 2011.</ref>

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