Mount Remarkable National Park

This article is about the protected area. For the mountain in South Australia, see Mount Remarkable.

Mount Remarkable National Park South Australia
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Mount Remarkable National Park
Nearest town or city	Melrose
Coordinates	32°46′53″S 138°03′46″E / 32.78139°S 138.06278°E / -32.78139; 138.06278Coordinates: 32°46′53″S 138°03′46″E / 32.78139°S 138.06278°E / -32.78139; 138.06278
Established	1 January 1952 (1952-01-01)^[1]
Area	182.71 km² (70.5 sq mi)^[1]
Visitation	50,000 (in 2006)^[2]
Managing authorities	Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
Website	Mount Remarkable National Park
See also	Protected areas of South Australia

Mount Remarkable National Park is a protected area in South Australia located about 238 kilometres (148 mi) north of Adelaide and 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Port Augusta. It is also the name of the highest peak in the park, with a height of 960 metres (3,150 ft).

Description

The national park consists of three separate areas.^[3] The first is the parcel of land (also known as a block in some sources) located immediately west of the town of Melrose and consists of the following three areas - the Warren Bonython Link, Mambray Creek and Mount Remarkable. As of 2006, this parcel of land occupied an area of 16,583 hectares (40,980 acres).^[3] The second is a parcel of land known as the Telowie block which has an area of 35 hectares (86 acres) as of 2006, and is located on the west side of the Telowie Gorge Conservation Park about 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) east of the town of Port Germein and about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of the block located at Melrose.^[3] The third is a parcel of land known as the Napperby Block with an area of 1,672 hectares (4,130 acres) as of 2006 and which is located immediately east of the town of Napperby, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the Telowie Gorge Conservation Park and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north-east of the city of Port Pirie.^[3]

The national park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.^[4]

History

Land associated with the national park at Mambray Creek and Alligator Gorge first obtained protected area status in 1952 as national pleasure resorts declared under the National Pleasure Resorts Act 1914 which were managed by the South Australian Government Tourist Bureau for the period from 1952 to 1967.^[5]

In 1964, the National Parks Commission submitted a proposal to the Government of South Australia for "comprehensive national parks "covering an area larger than that of the existing national pleasure resorts. This resulted in the creation of three separate reserves - the Alligator Gorge Wildlife Reserve, the Mambray Creek Wildlife Reserve and the Mount Remarkable Wildlife Reserve that were respectively constituted in July 1965, September 1967 and March 1966.^[5]

In 1972, the three wildlife reserves were re-proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 as the Mount Remarkable National Park. Since 1972, the national park is reported as doubling in size from an area of 8,236 hectares (20,350 acres) by the addition of land including the Black Range Lookout and the Bluff in 1976 and by the addition of an "area west of Alligator Gorge containing The Battery", two parts of the Willowie Forest Reserve and the Napperby Block in 1993.^[5]

In 2000, land which was subsequently renamed as "The Warren Bonython Link" in honour of Warren Bonython’s "long personal interest in the area" and "his association with the National Parks Foundation" was added to the national park.^[6] As of 2014, the national park had an area of 18,271 hectares (45,150 acres).^[1]

Citations and references

Citations

1 2 3 DEWNR, 2015
↑ DEH, 2006, page 20
1 2 3 4 DEH, 2006, pages 1-2
↑ DoE, 2014
1 2 3 DEH, 2006, page 40
↑ DEH, 2006, page 41

References

"Terrestrial Protected Areas by Reserve Type in South Australia (2014)". CAPAD 2014. Australian Government - Department of the Environment (DoE). 6 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
"Mount Remarkable National Park Management Plan" (PDF). Department for Environment and Heritage (DEH). 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
"Mount Remarkable National Park Management Plan Amendment 2013" (PDF). Department for Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
"Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 16 July 2015)" (PDF). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

External links

View (looking north) along the Daveys Gully walking trail.

View (looking west) along the Daveys Gully walking trail.

Protected areas of South Australia

National parks	Belair Canunda Coffin Bay Coorong Flinders Chase Ikara-Flinders Ranges Gawler Ranges Great Australian Bight Marine Innes Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre Lake Gairdner Lake Torrens Lincoln Malkumba-Coongie Mount Remarkable Murray River Naracoorte Caves Nullarbor Onkaparinga River Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges Witjira

Conservation parks	Acraman Creek Aldinga Scrub Althorpe Islands Angove Avoid Bay Islands Baird Bay Islands Bakara Baudin Baudin Rocks Beachport Beatrice Islet Beyeria Busby Islet Billiatt Bird Islands Black Hill Breakaways Butchers Gap Cap Island Cape Blanche Cape Gantheaume Cape Willoughby Carpenter Rocks Carribie Chadinga Cleland Clinton Cooltong Cox Scrub Cygnet Estuary Danggali Deep Creek Douglas Point Dudley Eba Island Ediacara Elliot Price Eric Bonython Ewens Ponds Fairview Ferguson Finniss Fort Glanville Fowlers Bay Franklin Harbor Gambier Islands Giles Goose Island Greenly Island Guichen Bay Gum Laqoon Kelly Hill Hacks Lagoon Hale Hallett Cove Hincks Horsnell Gully Ironstone Hill Kaiserstuhl Kellidie Bay Lake Gilles Lake Newland Lashmar Lathami Laura Bay Lesueur Leven Beach Lincoln Lipson Island Little Dip Mamungari Mantung Marino Martindale Hall Minlacowie Moana Sands Montacute Morialta Mount Brown Mount Dutton Bay Mount Magnificent Mount Taylor Munyaroo Nene Valley Nepean Bay Neptune Islands Newland Head Nicolas Baudin Island Ngarkat Nuyts Archipelago Nuyts Reef Olive Island Para Wirra Paranki Lagoon Parndana Peebinga Penguin Island Pelican Lagoon Pigface Island Point Bell Point Davenport Point Labatt Piccaninnie Ponds Pinkawillinie Port Gawler Pualco Range Pullen Island Rocky Island (North) Ramsay Rocky Island (South) Salt Lagoon Islands Sceale Bay Scott Creek Seal Bay Searcy Bay Seddon Simpson Simpson Desert Sinclair Island Sir Joseph Banks Group Sleaford Mere Spring Gully Talisker Tallaringa Telowie Gorge The Dutchmans Stern The Pages Torrens Island Troubridge Island Tumby Island Venus Bay Vivonne Bay Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Wahgunyah Waitpinga Waldegrave Islands Warrenben West Island Whidbey Isles Whyalla Wills Creek Winninowie Wittelbee Yumbarra

Game reserves	Bool Lagoon Bucks Lake Chowilla Currency Creek Lake Robe Loch Luna Moorook Mud Islands Poocher Swamp Tolderol

Recreation parks	Anstey Hill Blackwood Forest Brownhill Creek Caratoola Cobbler Creek Granite Island Greenhill Long Island O'Halloran Hill Onkaparinga River Shepherds Hill Sturt Gorge Totness

Regional Reserves	Chowilla Innamincka Lake Frome Nullarbor Simpson Desert Strzelecki Yellabinna

Conservation reserves	Bernouilli

Wilderness Protection Areas	Billiatt Cape Bouguer Cape Gantheaume Cape Torrens Danggali Hambridge Hincks Investigator Group Memory Cove Nullarbor Nuyts Archipelago Ravine des Casoars Western River Yellabinna

Aquatic reserves	American River Aldinga Reef Bales Beach Barker Inlet Blanche Harbour Coobowie Cowleds Landing Goose Island Great Australian Bight Marine Park Whale Sanctuary Point Labatt Port Noarlunga Reef Seal Bay St Kilda – Chapman Creek Troubridge Hill West Island Yatala Harbour

Other protected areas	Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary Arkaroola Protection Area

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