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| Totness Recreation Park South Australia | |
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 Railway dam in Totness Recreation Park | |
  Totness Recreation Park | |
| Nearest town or city | Mount Barker[2] |
| Coordinates | 35°03′32″S 138°50′02″E / 35.058837646°S 138.834026317°E[1] |
| Established | 15 January 1970[3] |
| Area | 41 hectares (101 acres)[4] |
| Visitation | "quite low"' (in 2007)[5]: 21 |
| Managing authorities | Department for Environment and Water |
| See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Totness Recreation Park (formerly Totness National Parks Reserve) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located within the localities of Mount Barker and Totness in the central Mount Lofty Ranges. Covering 41 hectares (101 acres) of land, the park is divided by the South Eastern Freeway and features a large dam. It was declared as a reserve in 1970 and re-designated as a recreation park in 1972. The park has no visitor facilities except for access tracks. It is the only park in the district, managed by the Department of Environment and Water, that is solely designated for recreation.
While parts of the park are dominated by pest plant species, primarily gorse and blackberry, it has native plant communities that are of conservation significance. messmate stringybark and manna gum woodlands are of particular note, being now uncommon in much of their former range across the Mount Lofty Ranges.
- ^ a b "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ "Search results for 'Totness Recreation Park' with the following datasets selected - 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Hundreds', 'Gazetteer' and 'Recreation Trails'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ DeGaris, R. C. (15 January 1970). "NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: HUNDRED OF MACCLESFIELD—TOTNESS NATIONAL PARKS RESERVE DECLARED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 115. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Totness Recreation Park Management Plan" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australian Government. 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2018.