Drysdale River National Park

Drysdale River National Park covers an area of 448,264 hectares. The scenery in the park is diverse with gorges and cliffs contrasting with broad rivers and plains. Spectacular waterfalls are found on Palmoondoora Creek, Morgan Falls, on the Drysdale River, Solea Falls, on Johnson Creek, Cracticus Falls as well as on many of the smaller tributaries.

The park encompasses a cross section of the main geological formations of the North Kimberley, only the laterites are poorly represented. Biologically, the park is intermediate between the subhumid North West Kimberley and the semiarid East Kimberley.

The vegetation is predominantly low open forest, low woodland, and low open woodland but there are small areas of vine thickets and a unique area of tall closed forest. Fringing communities occur along creeks and rivers and around swamps. Nearly 600 species of plants are in the area.