This is not a complete listing, but of areas relatively easy to get to from Adelaide.
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· For directions to a site from your address Double-Click on the flag. · In the displayed window Single-Click on To here · Enter your address in the box. Then click [Go] · This is not a complete listing, but of areas relatively easy to get to from · All distances have been calculated using Google Maps from the Adelaide · A bird list for each site can be printed.
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Aldinga Scrub CP (MLR) (46 km. S) This conservation park between Aldinga and the coast is an area of 300 hectares of mostly Pink Gum woodland. There are areas of Mallee |
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Altona CSR Landcare Reserve (MLR) (55 km. NE) This park, close to Altona, is an area of about 70 hectares previously used for sand extraction. The open grassly woodland areas consist of |
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Anstey Hill RP (MLR) (16 km. NE) This park in the eastern foothills above Tea Tree Gully is an area of 383 ha. dominated by Pink Gum in the west and Long-leaved Box in the |
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Brookfield CP (MM) (123 km. ENE) This park west of Blanchetown in the Murray Mallee is c. 5534 ha. of gently undulating limestone country. The vegetation is open scrubland of |
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Bullock Hill CP (MLR) (60 km. SE) An undulating park of 200 ha. south of Ashbourne and overlooking the lakes. The vegetation is comprised of Pink and Cup Gum with a |
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Bushland Park - Nitschke Hill (MLR) (43 km. E) Bushland Park is 118 ha. in area on the northern outskirts of Lobethal. It is woodland comprising Pink Gum, Messmate Stringybark, Blue Gum |
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Charleston CP (MLR) (46 km. E) This small park is c. 54 ha. in area about 8 km east of Charleston. The vegetation is Red Gum sedgelands with Blue Gum and Manna Gum |
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Cox Scrub CP (MLR) (55 km. S) Cox Scrub CP is 544 ha. in area and about 8 km. south of Ashbourne. The vegetation is mainly low stringybark and banksia with a dense |
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Cromer CP (MLR) (50 km. NE) This small park is about 5 km north of Birdwood. The vegetation is open forest formation of Long-leafed Box with Pink Gum and an open |
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Deep Creek CP (MLR) (100 km. S) This large park, south of Delamere, is c. 4452 ha. in area and overlooks Backstairs Passage and Kangaroo Island. The vegetation is mainly |
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Ferries McDonald CP (MM) (76 km. SE) An area of remnant mallee scrub (Red Mallee, Yorrell) of 843 ha. alongside Chaunceys Line Road and about 12 km. S of Monarto South on |
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Finniss CP (MM) (58 km. S) This park of 123 ha. south-east of Mount Compass has several vegetation formations, ranging from open woodlands to pasture. A high, rocky |
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Goolwa Barrage area (LA) (90 km. SE) This is the area immediately around the Goolwa Barrage. There is freshwater above the barrage and saltwater below. At the present time due |
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Hale CP (MLR) (52 km. NE) This park near Williamstown is c. 189 ha. in area with steep rocky ridges. The habitat is characterised by Pink Gum, Long-leaf Box and |
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Horsnell Gully CP (MLR) (10 km. E) This park is c. 403 ha. in area between Lyndoch and Tanunda in the Barossa Valley. The main forest association is Brown Stringybark, often |
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Kaiserstuhl CP (MLR) (80 km. NE) This park is c. 403 ha. in area between Lyndoch and Tanunda in the Barossa Valley. The main forest association is Brown Stringybark, often |
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Kaurna Park Wetlands (AP) (27 km. N) These man made wetlands of 48 ha. at Burton have been constructed on degraded farming land to act as a natural filtration and treatment |
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Kenneth Stirling CP (Wotton Scrub) (MLR) (27 km. SE) Wotton Scrub, NE of Bridgewater is one of four sections of this CP and is about 112 ha. in area. The vegetation is mainly Stringybark. |
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Kyeema CP (MLR) (60 km. S) This park about 20 km. SW of Meadows is c. 347 ha. in size with stringybark, Pink Gum and Cup Gum and a diverse understorey. |
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Laratinga Wetlands (MLR) (34 km. SE) These artifical wetlands of c. 17 ha. have been created to filter the water from the Mount Barker Effluent Works. There are some large |
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Lenger Reserve (MM) (85 km. ENE) This is a National Trust of SA reserve about 14 km NE of Mannum and is c. 95 ha. in area. It is a plateau bisected by Saunders Creek with |
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Little Mount Crawford NFR (Jenkins Scrub) (MLR) (61 km. ENE) This reserve about 8 km. SE of Williamston is an area of c. 179 ha. of undisturbed native vegetation within the Mount Crawford Forest |
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Manning Fauna & Flora Reserve (MLR) (40 km. S) This Heritage Agreement area of c. 49 ha. is owned by the Field Naturalists Society of SA. It is dominated by Pink Gum and Silver Banksia |
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Mannum Waterfalls Reserve (MM) (85 km. E) This reserve is on the Mannum side of the bridge over Reedy Creek approx 9 km. south of Mannum or 22 km. north of Murray Bridge. It is an |
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Mark Oliphant CP (MLR) (21 km. SE) The park between Upper Sturt and Aldgate is 178 ha. in size. The forest canopy is dominated by Messmate Stringybark and Brown |
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Monarto - Browns Road (MM) (65 km. SE) An area north-east of Callington containing some original mallee woodland which has been re-vegetated with native and exotic trees and |
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Monarto - Wattle Road (MM) (76 km. SE) This area just north of Highland Road retains more of the original mallee vegetation than the Browns Road area. |
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Monarto CP (Braendler Scrub) (MM) (65 km. ESE) An area of c. 240 ha. of remnant malle scrub south of Monarto. |
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Mount Billy CP (MLR) (77 km. SE) An area of 199 ha. representing some of the best preserved mallee and forest communities within the southern Mount Lofty Ranges. The thick |
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Mount George CP (MLR) (25 km. SE) This reserve is about 85 ha. in area adjacent to the South-eastern Freeway near Bridgewater. The dominant vegetation associations within |
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Mount Magnificent CP (MLR) (58 km. SE) This park of c. 90 ha. is about 7 km. NE of Mount Compass. The area has steep terrain with rocky outcrops. The vegetation mainly consists of |
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Newland Head CP (MLR) (120 km. S) An area of c. 1036 ha. 17 km SW of Victor Harbor with a predominantly a mallee heath vegetation association. The park is dominated by |
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Nurragi CR (MM) (68 km. SE) The reserve runs along the old railway corridor between Sandergrove and Milang for about 12 km. It contains remnant mallee vegetation. |
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Onkaparinga River NP (Hardy Scrub) (MLR) (30 km. S) An area of c. 161 ha. on the southern side of Chapel Hill Road near Blewett Springs. It is an area of mostly Pink Gum woodland. |
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Onkaparinga River RP (MLR) (30 km. S) This park of 285 ha. follows the course of the Onkaparinga River to the sea. The estuary contains shrubland of samphire and saltbush, |
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Para Wirra RP (MLR) (41 km. NE) This park of about 1421 ha. is situated c. 12 km E of Elizabeth. There are areas of Eucalyptus woodland, open woodland, low open forest, |
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Porter Scrub CP (MLR) (30 km. E) The park about 4 km. NE of Lobethal is 104 ha. with areas of Candlebark Gum open forest, Pink Gum low woodland and River Red Gum |
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Ridley CP (MM) (126 km. ENE) This long narrow park between Wongulla and Swan Reach is about 10 km. x 0.4 km. covering an area of c. 414 ha. and was originally part |
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Sandy Creek CP (MLR) (52 km. NE) An area of c. 159 ha. between Sandy Creek and Lyndoch in the Barossa Valley. It is dominated by Silver Banksia, Native Pine and Pink Gum. |
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Scott CP (MLR) (79 km. SSE) This park of 210 ha. on the plains east of the Mount Lofty Ranges consists of Pink and Blue Gum woodland. |
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Scott Creek CP (MLR) (30 km. S) This park, SE of Cherry Gardens, of 714 ha. has some of the most diverse native vegetation in the Mount Lofty Ranges with dense Brown and |
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Sir Richard Peninsula (LA) (90 km. SE) This narrow stretch of sand dunes of c. 486 ha. extends for about 10 km. from the Goolwa Beach carpark to the Murray Mouth. The |
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Spring Mount CP (MLR) (73 km. S) This park of c. 199 ha. is about 14 km. E of Myponga (by road). The park consists of a series of hills and gullies covered with stringybark |
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Strathalbyn Effluent Ponds (MLR) (55 km. SE) These ponds are c. 1 km. NE of Strathalbyn. There is a track leading to a bird hide. |
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Sturt Gorge RP (MM) (11 km. S) This park between Bellevue Heights and Flagstaff Hill of c. 244 ha. is mainly Grey Box open woodland with some Red Gum and South |
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Swanport Wetlands (MM) (79 km. ESE) These wetlands cover an area of c. 19 ha. with reed beds, lignum, samphire and some River Red gum immediately below the Swanport |
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Swan Reach CP (MM) (113 km. ENE) This park about 12 km. west of Swan Reach is c. 2024 ha. Most of the park is dominated by open scrub areas of Mallee Box, Red Mallee and |
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Talisker CP (MLR) (110 km. S) This park of 212 ha. surrounds the Talisker Silver Lead mine site about 5 km E of Cape Jervis. The vegetation is mostly Messmate Stringybark open |
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Tanunda Effluent Ponds (MM) (70 km. NE) These ponds are about 2 km. SW of Tanunda. |
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Thompson Beach (AP) (68 km. NNW) This area about 8 km. SW of Dublin on northern Gulf St Vincent is part of the are known as the Samphire Coast. There are tidal mudflats |
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Tolderol GR (LA) (85 km. SE) An artificial wetland area of c. 428 ha. alongside Lake Alexandrina between Milang and Wellington. There are extensive areas of samphire, |
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Warren CP (MLR) (56 km. NE) This park of 212 ha. surrounds the Talisker Silver Lead mine site about 5 km E of Cape Jervis. The vegetation is mostly Messmate |
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Yulte CP (MLR) (67 km. S) This park of 41 ha. is about 2·5 km. SE of Myponga and consists of a series of hills and gullies, and is dissected by several small creeks with |
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This page was last updated on 12/04/2010