Tumby Island Conservation Park

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Tumby Island Conservation Park
South Australia
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Tumby Island Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Tumby Bay.
Coordinates 34°24′33″S136°8′25″E / 34.40917°S 136.14028°E / -34.40917; 136.14028 Coordinates: 34°24′33″S136°8′25″E / 34.40917°S 136.14028°E / -34.40917; 136.14028
Established1 January 1969 [2]
Area48 ha (120 acres) [2]
Managing authorities Department for Environment and Water
See also Protected areas of South Australia

Tumby Island Conservation Park is a protected area associated with Tumby Island in Spencer Gulf in South Australia about 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) southeast of Tumby Bay. The land which now comprises the conservation park previously received statutory protection in January 1969 and was re-proclaimed in 1972 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 . The area under protection is considered significant for the following reason: ‘a small island providing feeding and roosting habitat for seabirds.’ The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area. [1] [3] [4] [5]

Protected area location which receives protection because of its recognised natural, ecological or cultural landscape values

Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international organizations involved.

Tumby Island

Tumby Island is a low bedrock island located 500 m east of the southern tip of Tumby Bay in Spencer Gulf, South Australia. The island is a conservation park comprising 35 hectares. The island can be accessed on foot at low tide by traversing shallow water-covered rock flats and curving sand. Visitors should request access permission from DEWNR before visiting and be mindful of the presence of Death adders.

Spencer Gulf A large inlet in South Australia between the Eyre Peninsula and the Yorke Peninsula

The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. It spans from the Cape Catastrophe and Eyre Peninsula in the west to Cape Spencer and Yorke Peninsula in the east.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 17 Feb 2014)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Tumby Island Conservation Park". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  4. ↑ Robinson, A. C.; Canty, P.; Mooney, T.; Rudduck, P. (1996). "South Australia's offshore islands" (PDF). Australian Heritage Commission. pp. 140, 146 & 245. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Register of the National Estate (Non-statutory archive), Tumby Island Conservation Park, Tumby, SA, Australia". Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Environment. 21 October 1980. Retrieved 23 October 2014.


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