Waitpinga Conservation Park

Waitpinga Conservation Park
South Australia
Waitpinga Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Yankalilla
Coordinates 35°35′25.79″S 138°19′26.04″E / 35.5904972°S 138.3239000°E / -35.5904972; 138.3239000Coordinates: 35°35′25.79″S 138°19′26.04″E / 35.5904972°S 138.3239000°E / -35.5904972; 138.3239000
Established 1 January 1960 (1960-01-01)[1]
Area 3 hectares (7.4 acres)[1]
Visitation "very few visitors" (in 2009)[2]
Managing authorities Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
See also Protected areas of South Australia

Waitpinga Conservation Park (formerly the Waitpinga National Parks Reserve) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located about 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) south of the town of the Yankalilla in the gazetted locality of Parawa.[3][4]

On 9 November 1967, it was proclaimed under the National Parks Act 1966 as the Waitpinga National Parks Reserve in respect to an area of land already under statutory protection.[1][5] The conservation park was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 27 April 1972.[6]

As of 2011, it was described as being "dedicated to the conservation of the rare Coral Fern." The conservation park contains a "low open forest of stringbark and Pink Gum, over an understorey of bracken, tea-tree, sedges and grasses." Notable fauna includes the Chestnut-rumped heathwren, which is a nationally-listed endangered species.[2][4]

The conservation park is within the extent of "Illawong Swamp" which is listed as a wetland of national importance and immediately adjoins a forestry plantation operated by ForestrySA as part of its Second Valley Forest operation.[7][8]

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 16 July 2015)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Reserves of the South-western Fleurieu Peninsula Fire Management Plan" (PDF). Department of Environment and Heritage. 2009. pp. 1, 7, 13, 15 &57. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Search result for "Eric Bonython Conservation Park" (feature SA0022726 ) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities"". Property Location Browser. Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Parks of the Fleurieu Peninsula" (PDF). Department of Environment and Heritage. 2011. p. 3. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Walsh, Frank (9 November 1967). "NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: VARIOUS NATIONAL PARKS NAMED" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 2043. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972)". The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 700. 27 April 1972. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Search result for Illawong Swamp - SA036". Department of the Environment. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Mount Lofty Ranges Forest Reserves Management Plan". Forestry SA. 2014. p. 3. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (see 'DETAIL' tab)". CAPAD 2012. Australian Government - Department of the Environment. 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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