Mitchell River National Park,Australia

Mitchell River National Park,Australia

Mitchell River National Park covers an area of 115,300 hectares including the magnificient Punamii-unpuu, the mitchell Falls area, which is a place of cultural and spiritual significance for Wunambal people. And just as jaw dropping is the magnificent Mitchell Falls.

Brief history
Wunambal Aboriginal people have lived in the vicinity of Ngauwudu (mitchell Plateau) for thousands of years. Wunambal people refer to the creative spirit, Wanjina, as ‘Gulingi’.  They believe that Gulingi and ‘Wunggurr’  (the Rainbow serpent) creators travelled the land making the earth, seas, mountains, rivers, waterholes and all  living things.  The Gulingi and Wunggurr then gave the Wunambal people the land and passed on the law for living in the land.  Wunambal people welcome visitors to their country but ask that they respect the land and the Wanjina-Wunggurr law. Mitchell River National park was gazetted in 2000 and seeks to protect cultural and natural heritage values of the area.

Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_River_National_Park_(Western_Australia)