Waitpinga Conservation Park Explained

Type:protected
Waitpinga Conservation Park
State:sa
City:Parawa[1]
Iucn Category:iii
Iucn Ref:[2]
Coordinates:-35.5905°N 138.3239°W
Nearest Town Or City:Yankalilla
Area:3ha
Area Footnotes:[3]
Visitation Num:"very few visitors"
Visitation Year:2009

Waitpinga Conservation Park (formerly the Waitpinga National Parks Reserve) is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located about 15km (09miles) south of the town of the Yankalilla in the gazetted locality of Parawa.[1]

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] [4] The conservation park was proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 on 27 April 1972.[5]

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.[6] [7]

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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 . 1 October 2019 .
  2. Web site: Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab) . CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) . 21 February 2018 . 2016.
  3. Web site: Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 16 July 2015). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 3 August 2015.
  4. Web site: Walsh . Frank . NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 1966: VARIOUS NATIONAL PARKS NAMED. . South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. 17 March 2018. 2043 . 9 November 1967. Section 355, hundred of Waitpinga.
  5. No. 56 of 1972 (National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972) . The South Australian Government Gazette . 27 April 1972 . 700 . 20 January 2017 . Government of South Australia.
  6. Web site: Reserves of the South-western Fleurieu Peninsula Fire Management Plan . Department of Environment and Heritage . 2009. 3 August 2015. 1, 7, 13, 15 &57.
  7. Web site: Parks of the Fleurieu Peninsula . Department of Environment and Heritage . 2011. 3 August 2015. 3.
  8. Web site: Search result for Illawong Swamp - SA036 . Department of the Environment . 4 August 2015.
  9. Web site: Mount Lofty Ranges Forest Reserves Management Plan . Forestry SA . 2014 . 4 August 2015. 3.

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