Waitpinga Conservation Park Parawa [1], South Australia | |
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Nearest town or city | Yankalilla [1] |
Coordinates | 35°35′25.79″S 138°19′26.04″E / 35.5904972°S 138.3239000°E [2] |
Established | 1 January 1960[3] |
Area | 3 hectares (7.4 acres) [3] |
Visitation | "very few visitors" (in 2009) [4] |
Managing authorities | Department for Environment and Water |
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. [1] [5]
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. [3] [6] The conservation park was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 27 April 1972. [7]
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. [4] [5]
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. [8] [9]
The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area. [2]
Section 355, hundred of Waitpinga
Waitpinga Conservation Park Parawa [1], South Australia | |
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Nearest town or city | Yankalilla [1] |
Coordinates | 35°35′25.79″S 138°19′26.04″E / 35.5904972°S 138.3239000°E [2] |
Established | 1 January 1960[3] |
Area | 3 hectares (7.4 acres) [3] |
Visitation | "very few visitors" (in 2009) [4] |
Managing authorities | Department for Environment and Water |
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. [1] [5]
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. [3] [6] The conservation park was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 27 April 1972. [7]
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. [4] [5]
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. [8] [9]
The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area. [2]
Section 355, hundred of Waitpinga