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Desert National Park :India February 14, 2006

The Little Desert National Park is situated 375 km north-west of Melbourne. The three blocks of the park have a rainfall range of 400 mm per year in the north-east to 600 mm in the south-west. The range of soil types causes marked differences in vegetation across the areas. Here in the Little Desert – a desert in name only – you can discover how many species of plants and animals have succeeded, on poor soils with little water, in creating a kind of arid landscape where survival depends on maintaining a delicate balance of natural forces. The best time to visit the park is between late winter and early summer when the temperatures are comfortable and the park is full of blossoms and wildflowers. The eastern block is the most accessible.

Little Desert National Park isn’t only sand, there are also a wide range of plants particularly during the springtime when the wildflowers are blooming. Although most of the tracks throughout the park are only suitable for 4WD vehicles there are two sealed roads which also lead through the park, travelling from the Wimmera Highway to the Western Highway. These travel from Edenhope to Kaniva and Harrow to Nhill.

This park dedicates itself to protecting significant desert features that provide world-class scenic, scientific, ecological, and educational opportunities. The National Park Service is “dedicated to conserving unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations. The Service is also responsible for managing a great variety of national and international programs designed to help extend the benefits of natural and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation throughout this country and the world”(NPSs, 1996).

Sudashri forest post is the ideal place for observing the wildlife of Desert National Park and is the most suitable in the entire 3162 sq. kms. of this park for watching and photographing the activities of the animals from behind cover.


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