Wyperfeld National Park

The central feature of this huge, 356,800 ha park, is a chain of lake beds connected by Outlet Creek, the northern extension of the Wimmera River. The lakes only fill when the Wimmera River over-supplies Lake Hindmarsh to the south of Lake Albacutya. When it rains the semi-arid landscape is transformed by tiny desert plants that sprout from long-dormant seeds, carpeting the ground with clusters of flowers.

Flora & Fauna - The park is home to a variety of animals the desert silky mouse, mitchell's hopping mouse, sand goanna, dragons, skinks and geckos, Emus and western grey kangaroos, More than 200 bird species, including Sulphur Crested Cockatoos, Mallee Ringneck Parrots, Red-rumped parrots, galahs, eagles and the Mallee Fowl.

Mallee covers most of the eastern section of the park there are about 450 species of plants native to the park. River Red Gum and Black Box woodlands cover the floodplains of Outlet Creek and the lakes. Cypress-pine woodlands grow on dunes near the lakes, but the large areas once covered by the pines have been decimated by bushfires.