Dryandra Woodlands - Narrogin/Cuballing Area in WA

Duh · Guru

Dryandra Woodlands - Narrogin/Cuballing Area in WA

Duh · Guru

We recently stayed at the Lions Dryandra Woodlands Village for two days/nights in the Magpie cottage (all self contained and air conditioned) and from there did a tour at Barna Mia animal sanctuary at night.

The Congelin camping area shown in Camps 7 is about 14 kms from the village, we visited that as well for a look see.

See this link for the Lions Village;

http://www.dryandravillage.org.au/

And Barna Mia;

http://parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/downloads/parks/20120246_barna_mia_brochure_web_0.pdf

And Congelin DEC Campsite;

http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/campgrounds/index.php?option=com_jomres&Itemid=2&task=viewproperty&property_uid=78

liddle · Senior Member

Looks great Duh

Thanks for the links

Duh · Guru

We didn't see a numbat either Glenda, they are the ones that come out during the day but are very elusive, whereas the others come out at night. See; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbat

We did see all of the others though and particularly the Bilbies at the Barna Mia Sanctuary. Well worth the visit.

We stayed in the "Magpie" hut during our stay at the village. Here are some shots of our hut.

-- Edited by Duh on Monday 25th of November 2013 11:23:24 PM

golivers travels · Guru

Duh

We have stayed at the camp site twice, 5 days each time and absolutely enjoyed it. Unfortunately we did not see a numbat, but the bird life was great.

We intend to stay again next year on our visit to SW WA. Maybe we will get luckily with a numbat sighting.

So impressed with the WA Parks, reasonable costs for camping, Parks Pass for Tourists, wood and fire pits supplied. No wonder we head back every 2 years from Victoria.

this time we will be seniors so even better costs.

cheers

Glenda

golivers travels · Guru

Looks very comfortable Duh.

Barna Mia was closed when we were there, hopefully will see it next year.

cheers

Glenda

Duh · Guru

Hope you manage to see it (Barna Mia) Glenda, you may be lucky to see some in the wild but you are more likely to see them at the Sanctuary which is fully fenced. It is important to check with Narrogin Tourist Centre for the opening times or check online as they are not open every night.

While at the village we saw a huge black feral cat which has now been reported, it ran off into the bush when it saw us.

There is no internet or mobile coverage at the village, but they do have a Telstra pay box there, and also if you drive up on a hill on the main access road in (ask the on site managers) you can get mobile reception, I did that a couple of time with my Telstra mobile, not sure about other providers.