Where the access road crosses the river is more “well-wooded” than is most of Waychinicup National Park.
This little bit is sheltered from the wind, enjoys more shade, and the topography and the river offer plants a moister, calmer environment than is available in most of the National Park.
Near the ford are older, bigger trees than elsewhere in Waychinicup.
“Grass trees” – mostly Kingia – abound in Waychinicup, but the ones in this section are generally the most “plush” examples, probably because of the aforementioned factors.
Over their prodigiously long lives (the one in this post was probably well established years before European colonists first saw it) Western Australia’s “grass trees” survive many fires, but the pictured individual has probably endured fewer scorchings than have its fellows in Waychinicup’s windier, dryer, more exposed parts.