Waitpinga Conservation Park

This article is about the Conservation Park in South Australia. For the nearby locality, see Waitpinga, South Australia.

Waitpinga Conservation Park
Parawa[1], South Australia
Waitpinga Conservation Park is located in South Australia
Waitpinga Conservation Park
Waitpinga Conservation Park
Nearest town or cityYankalilla[1]
Coordinates35°35′25.79″S 138°19′26.04″E / 35.5904972°S 138.3239000°E / -35.5904972; 138.3239000[2]
Established1 January 1960 (1960-01-01)[3]
Area3 hectares (7.4 acres)[3]
Visitation"very few visitors" (in 2009)[4]
Managing authoritiesDepartment for Environment and Water
See alsoProtected 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]

  1. ^ a b c "Search results for "Waitpinga Conservation Park" with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Hundreds' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 16 July 2015)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b "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.
  5. ^ a b "Parks of the Fleurieu Peninsula" (PDF). Department of Environment and Heritage. 2011. p. 3. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  6. ^ 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. Section 355, hundred of Waitpinga
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Search result for Illawong Swamp - SA036". Department of the Environment. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Mount Lofty Ranges Forest Reserves Management Plan". Forestry SA. 2014. p. 3. Retrieved 4 August 2015.