page_title: Dryandra Woodland
section_title: Accommodation and tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Dryandra Woodland / Accommodation and tourism
caption_attribution_description: Dryandra Woodland Lions village
context_page_description: The Dryandra Woodland is a nature conservation area in Western Australia within the Shires of Cuballing, Williams and Wandering, about 164 kilometres south-east of Perth and 22 kilometres north-west of the town of Narrogin. It is a complex of 17 distinct blocks managed by the Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife and spread over approximately 50 kilometres separated by areas of agricultural land. The area is considered to be one of the state's major conservation areas, and although it is far from pristine due to its history of logging operations, a number of species of threatened fauna are rebuilding populations through the removal of introduced predators such as foxes and feral cats.
  The combined area of the woodland is 28,066 hectares, with individual blocks ranging in size from 87 hectares to 12,283 hectares. Part of Dryandra Woodland is listed on the Register of the National Estate by the Australian Heritage Council.
  In addition to the area's use as a wildlife refuge, it has anthropological significance with the indigenous Noongar people having strong cultural links there.
context_section_description: Dryandra Woodland attracts approximately 30,000 visitors per annum, including 5,000 overnight visits at the Dryandra campsite and settlement within the complex.  Accommodation is available at the Congelin and Gnaala Mia campgrounds and at the Lions Dryandra Village which uses restored cottages from the 1920s Forests Department settlement.  Adjacent to the cottages is the Currawong Complex which has several Nissen huts acquired from an air force base and now used to accommodate up to 60 people in groups.  The Lions Village was established by several Perth based Lions service clubs in 1972 with the intention of providing a holiday camp for disadvantaged children.
  Two separate self-drive tours of 20 km (12 mi) and 25 km (16 mi) operate within Dryandra where visitors can follow a marked trail in their own vehicles.  On arrival at one of the five or six stop points, an approximate five-minute broadcast through the car's radio (tuned to FM frequency 100 MHz) provides a narrative commentary explaining interesting aspects of the surrounding area.  The commentaries are pre-recorded on microchips and broadcast using concealed low power transmitters charged by solar panels. Some of the broadcasts are staged conversations between characters describing day-to-day events in an early forestry worker's life in Dryandra. Others give a more technical explanation of a particular subject applicable to flora or fauna within a short distance of the car.  For example, one stop discusses the naturally occurring poison pea plant (genus: Gastrolobium spp) in the woodlands and the extraction and effect of the 1080 poison (sodium fluoroacetate) which occurs in the plant.  Native mammalian herbivores have evolved with a high level of genetic tolerance to the toxin which is deadly to introduced species including foxes.  Baiting programs including the highly successful Western Shield project use 1080 poison to help control foxes without harming native fauna.
  In addition, various 30 minute to five-hour bushwalks can be made along signposted trails through the woodlands, ranging in length from 1 to 12.5 kilometres (0.62 to 7.77 mi).
caption: The Lions Village accommodation which uses former forestry workers huts
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