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Neil Hawkins Park

Parks in Perth, Western AustraliaUse Australian English from August 2019
Lake Joondalup western Australia
Lake Joondalup western Australia

Neil Hawkins Park is a park located in Joondalup, Western Australia. It is beside Lake Joondalup, and part of the Yellagonga Regional Park.The park was named for Neil Campbell Hawkins CBE JP, a chairman of the former Metropolitan Regional Planning Authority.The Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail between Neil Hawkins Park and Loch McNess (in Yanchep National Park) follows an ancient Indigenous Australian migration route along a chain of lakes and swamps.

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Neil Hawkins Park
Boas Avenue, Joondalup

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6027 Joondalup (Joondalup)
Western Australia, Australia
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