Waitpinga Conservation Park

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

Waitpinga Conservation Park
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature) [1]
Waitpinga Conservation Park
Location	South Australia, Parawa [2]
Nearest city	Yankalilla [2]
Coordinates	35°35′25.79″S138°19′26.04″E / 35.5904972°S 138.3239000°E / -35.5904972; 138.3239000 [1]
Area	3 ha (7.4 acres) [3]
Established	1 January 1960 (1960-01-01) [3]
Visitors	"very few visitors"(in 2009) [4]
Governing body	Department for Environment and Water

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. ^{[2] [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. ^[1]

References

1. "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
2. "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.
3. "Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 16 July 2015)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
4. "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. "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.

External links

• Waitpinga Conservation Park web page on protected planet