"maintain and restore the natural environment, and to protect, care for, and promote the appreciation and study of, indigenous flora and fauna, and to preserve any feature of archaeological, historic or scientific interest". Accommodation and tourism 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 and 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 FM radio 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 (Gastrolobium spp) in the woodlands and the extraction and effect of the sodium fluoroacetate poison that 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 sodium fluoroacetate 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 . References Further reading Coate, Kevin. 1991. Dryandra State Forest – history and description of the state forest Naturalist News, April 1991, p. 1–2. External links Shire of Cuballing Shire of Williams Conservation Commission photo gallery Parks and Wildlife's Dryandra Woodland brochure National parks of Western Australia Western Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the