Waitpinga Conservation Park

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Waitpinga Conservation Park
Parawa [1] ,  South Australia
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Waitpinga Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Yankalilla [1]
Coordinates 35°35′25.79″S138°19′26.04″E / 35.5904972°S 138.3239000°E / -35.5904972; 138.3239000 Coordinates: 35°35′25.79″S138°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 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]

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References

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  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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.
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