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Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve
Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve is a protected area managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of Albany, Western Australia. The area is accessible by 2WD vehicles. The bay itself, including two small secluded beaches, faces due east and is protected from the Southern Ocean by a headland formed by the granite massif of Mount Gardner. The nature reserve was established in 1967 to protect the threatened noisy scrub-bird and its habitat. It is known for being the site of the discovery and naming of Gilbert's potoroo, but in 2015 a huge fire destroyed 90% of the tiny marsupial's habitat, as well as killing three-quarters of the remaining small population.
Little Beach is a popular tourist attraction.
The name "Two Peoples Bay" is from an incident in 1803 when an American whaling ship used the sheltered waters to lay anchor at the same time as a French vessel that was exploring the coastline east of Albany. It was named Baie Des Deux Peuples, or Bay of Two Nations, by a French expedition led by Nicholas Baudin in celebration of meeting the American whaler at this point.
John Gilbert, a naturalist, surveyed the area in the 1840s giving his name to the Gilbert's potoroo. Whaling activities were conducted in the bay during the middle of the 19th century. Two Peoples Bay was declared a nature reserve in 1967.
A bush fire broke out on private land near the reserve on 12 October 2012. Following a sudden change in wind direction a truck carrying two of the fire crew was engulfed in flames; they were badly burned. Over 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of bushland were burnt, and one of the firefighters later died.
In late November 2015 a fire burnt through 1,200 hectares (2,965 acres) of the reserve, destroying an estimated 90% of the Gilbert's potoroo habitat, and killing an around 15 of the estimated 20 Gilbert's potoroos living within the reserve. The department's chief research scientist said that it would be about 20 years before the habitat had recovered enough to support another population of the small marsupial.
The total area enclosed by the nature reserve is 4,744.7 hectares (11,724 acres). It may be divided into three areas:
Angove Lake is part of the Moates Lake System, along with Moates Lake and Lake Gardner. All of these lakes were linked to form a large estuarine system during the last interglacial period approximately 120,000 years ago.
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Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve
Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve is a protected area managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of Albany, Western Australia. The area is accessible by 2WD vehicles. The bay itself, including two small secluded beaches, faces due east and is protected from the Southern Ocean by a headland formed by the granite massif of Mount Gardner. The nature reserve was established in 1967 to protect the threatened noisy scrub-bird and its habitat. It is known for being the site of the discovery and naming of Gilbert's potoroo, but in 2015 a huge fire destroyed 90% of the tiny marsupial's habitat, as well as killing three-quarters of the remaining small population.
Little Beach is a popular tourist attraction.
The name "Two Peoples Bay" is from an incident in 1803 when an American whaling ship used the sheltered waters to lay anchor at the same time as a French vessel that was exploring the coastline east of Albany. It was named Baie Des Deux Peuples, or Bay of Two Nations, by a French expedition led by Nicholas Baudin in celebration of meeting the American whaler at this point.
John Gilbert, a naturalist, surveyed the area in the 1840s giving his name to the Gilbert's potoroo. Whaling activities were conducted in the bay during the middle of the 19th century. Two Peoples Bay was declared a nature reserve in 1967.
A bush fire broke out on private land near the reserve on 12 October 2012. Following a sudden change in wind direction a truck carrying two of the fire crew was engulfed in flames; they were badly burned. Over 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) of bushland were burnt, and one of the firefighters later died.
In late November 2015 a fire burnt through 1,200 hectares (2,965 acres) of the reserve, destroying an estimated 90% of the Gilbert's potoroo habitat, and killing an around 15 of the estimated 20 Gilbert's potoroos living within the reserve. The department's chief research scientist said that it would be about 20 years before the habitat had recovered enough to support another population of the small marsupial.
The total area enclosed by the nature reserve is 4,744.7 hectares (11,724 acres). It may be divided into three areas:
Angove Lake is part of the Moates Lake System, along with Moates Lake and Lake Gardner. All of these lakes were linked to form a large estuarine system during the last interglacial period approximately 120,000 years ago.
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