Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park covers a narrow strip of coast in the far south-west of Western Australia.
It stretches from Cape Leeuwin ( https://pbase.com/donfranklin/capeleeuwin ) in the south to Cape Naturaliste in the north, facing out on to the Indian Ocean for a distance of 95 km.
It comprises a limestone escarpment rising above beaches or rocky coast, topped with flora-rich coastal heath and some forest, and intruded in places by other, more ancient rocks.
We visited in October, which is peak wildlflower season. I'll devote a separate gallery to wildflowers and plants.

The first European explorers of much of the south and far south-west coast were French, and this is reflected in many of place names including Cape Naturaliste, D'Entrecasteaux National Park and Esperance. Indeed, it is a matter of historical accident, perhaps, that Western Australia was claimed and colonised by the English rather than the French ( https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-13/documents-reveal-napoleons-wa-plans-scientific-journeys/10233318 ).

However, and thanks to TonT for pointing this out, "Leeuwin" is a Dutch word, and the Dutch arrived there even earlier than the French. From Wikipedia I found the following:
"The English navigator Matthew Flinders named Cape Leeuwin after the first known ship to have visited the area, the Leeuwin ("Lioness"), a Dutch vessel that charted some of the nearby coastline in 1622. The log of the Leeuwin has been lost, so very little is known of the voyage. However, the land found by the Leeuwin was recorded on a 1627 map by Hessel Gerritsz: Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht ("Chart of the Land of Eendracht"), which appears to show the coast between present-day Hamelin Bay and Point D’Entrecasteaux. Cape Leeuwin itself cannot be recognised" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Leeuwin ).

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