This page was last updated on 15/02/2010

BIRD WATCHING LOCATIONS CLOSE TO ADELAIDE.

This is not a complete listing, but of areas relatively easy to get to from Adelaide.


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· This is not a complete listing, but of areas relatively easy to get to from
Adelaide and where a reasonable number of birds species can be seen.
Bird Lists have been provided for each site.

· All distances have been calculated using Google Maps from the Adelaide
G.P.O.

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Sites North of Adelaide Sites South of Adelaide

 


North of Adelaide

South of Adelaide


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
Box and Drooping Sheoak and also some remnant Red Gum. On the western side of the park there are sand dunes with low-growing coastal
dune vegetation.

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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
Red Gum, South Australian Blue Gum, Peppermint Box and Drooping Sheoak. The woodland area contains Pink Gum and Native Pine with
smaller areas of Blue Gum and Silver Banksia with an understorey of heathy shrubs. There is also a riparian zone where the North Para River
traverses the NE corner.

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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
east. On the steeper slopes Native Pine, drooping Sheaoak and Pink Gum can be found. Understorey plants include Yakkas, Hop Bush and
tea-tree.

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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
Red Mallee, Mallee Box and Yorrell overmost of the north-east and a small portion of the south-west corner. The rest of the park is dominated
by Sheep Bush and Sugarwood over Native Boxthorn and Bullock Bush with some Dryland Tea-tree around claypans.

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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
dense understorey of Acacias and mixed heath. Along the eastern boundary there is scattered Blue Gum over native grassland.

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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
over varying understorey. There are two large dams in the southern part.

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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
woodlands. There are also stands of Drooping Sheoak over tall Silver Banksia.

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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
understorey.

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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
woodland formation of Red Gum.

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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
Messmate Stringybark or Pink Gum open forest.

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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
the Princess Highway.

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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
plateau with views over the Finniss River valley is situated in the western section of the park.

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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
to low levels in the River Murray there are extensive areas of mudflats.

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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
Messmate Stringybark with areas of Oyster Bay Pine.

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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
with South Australian Blue Gum, Drooping Sheoak, Golden Wattle and Yacca. There is also River Red Gum woodland association along creek
lines and floodplains, often with Silver Banksia. Sedgelands border streams in places with open patches of herblands and grassland.

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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
with South Australian Blue Gum, Drooping Sheoak, Golden Wattle and Yacca. There is also River Red Gum woodland association along creek
with floodplains, often with Silver Banksia. Sedgelands border streams in places with open patches of herblands and grassland.

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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
system for stormwater flowing into the area. Extensive revegetation has been carried out.

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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
naturally occurring River Red Gums. Extensive plantings of River Red Gums, Common Reeds, Silver Hakeas, wattles and tussocky grasses
and sedges have been made.

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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
steep vegetated slopes and fresh water springs.The vegetation is primarily mallee with shrub and chenopod understoreys.

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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
Reserve. There are large areas of regenerating Silver Banksia as well as areas of South Australian Blue Gum and River Red Gum.

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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
with an understorey of Bracken. The reserve is about 4 km. NW of McLaren Flat.

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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
area of large granite outcrops along Reedy Creek with spectacular waterfalls and rock pools.

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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
Stringybark with a very diverse range of understorey species.

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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
shrubs as part of the abandoned Monarto development.

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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
understorey and creek lines provide habitat for numerous bird and animal species.

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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
the park include Messmate Stringybark. Open forest over a sclerophyll mid-storey of Bush-pea, Bitter-pea and Wattles. Brown Stringybark
open forest along the ridges and higher grounds.

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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
Pink Gum, Cup Gum, Brown Stringybark and Messmate Stringybark.

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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
Coastal White Mallee, Cup Gum and Pink Gum. In the north-west part is a Pink Gum, South Australian Blue Gum association covering about
30% of the park.

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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,
wetlands of bull rushes, club rush and cutting grass.

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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,
closed scrub and open scrub as well as Melaleuca open scrub and closed heath.

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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
woodland.

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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
of a Travelling Stock Route parallel to the River Murray. The park covers a transition zone in the natural vegetation between the mallee open
scrub in the south and the semi-arid low woodland in the north.

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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
Messmate Stringybark forests on steeply sloped valleys and lush creeks. There are also pockets of South Australian Blue Gum and Pink Gum.

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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
vegetation is mainly Coastal Daisy, Coastal Wattle, Umbrella Bush, Nitre Bush and other plants typical of sand dune areas.

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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
forest over a diverse understorey.

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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
Australian Blue Gum along the riparian areas.

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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
Bridge.

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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
Yorrell. The remaining area comprises low woodland with False Sandalwood and Bullock Bush. Some areas previously cleared for firewood
are now grassland.

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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
forest with areas of Pink Gum. In some areas Rough-barked Manna Gum is the dominant canopy species.

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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
with mangroves, samphire and sand dunes.

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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,
reed and sedges with large open areas of water. These wetlands are dry at the moment due to lack of water in the lake.

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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
Stringybark open forest with areas of Pink Gum. In some areas Rough-barked Manna Gum is the dominant canopy species.

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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
gurgling waterfalls.

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