__NOTOC__ Jip Jip Conservation Park (formerly the Jip Jip National Park) is a

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in the Australian state of

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located in the state’s south-east in the gazetted locality of Marcollat about south-east of the state capital of

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and about north-east of the municipal seat of Kingston SE. The conservation park consists of land in section 86 in the cadastral unit of the

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which is located on the northern side of Ballater Road, also known as the Kingston - Keith road. On 20 March 1967, it was proclaimed under the ''National Parks Act 1966'' as ''Jip Jip National Park''. On 27 April 1972, it was reconstituted as ''Jip Jip Conservation Park'' upon the proclamation of the ''

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''. The land includes Jip Jip Rocks, a local landmark consisting of granite outcrops and a “gently sloping hill”. It is reported that the dedication of the national park followed a “protracted dispute and considerable public interest in protecting the granite outcrops.” As of 2018, it covered an area of . In 1980, it was described as follows:

Jip Jip is best known for its granitic outcrops which are part of the Padthaway Rise. However, the park also contains ''
Asplenium flabellifolium ''Asplenium flabellifolium'' is commonly known as the necklace fern. This small fern occurs in all states of Australia, as well as in New Zealand. It was initially described by Spanish botanist bowo tiktod Antonio José Cavanilles. Its natural ...
'' which is an endangered fern and six other plant species which are rare in South Australia… Over sixty species of birds have been recorded and one of the mammals recorded, '' Cercartetus lepidus'' (little pigmy possum), is uncommon in SA… Jip Jip Conservation Park features granitic inselbergs surrounded by sandy swales and ridges. The dominant plant community on the sandy areas is ''
Eucalyptus baxteri ''Eucalyptus baxteri'', commonly known as brown stringybark, is a medium-sized tree that is endemic the south-east of Australia. It has rough, stringy bark to the thinnest branches, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, green to yellow flower bud ...
''/'' E. fasciculosa'' low open forest with heath understorey. Smaller areas of ''E. fasciculosa''/''E. baxteri''/'' E. diversifolia'' (open scrub) and '' Melaleuca gibbosa''/''
Hakea rugosa ''Hakea rugosa'', commonly known as wrinkled hakea or dwarf hakea, is a shrub of the family Proteaceae native to Australia. It has sharp needle-shaped leaves and white or cream fragrant flowers in profusion from August to October. Description ...
'' (open heath) occupy the depressions. Around the granitic outcrops '' Casuarina stricta'' is a prominent tree with the eucalypts and tall shrubs of ''
Bursaria spinosa ''Bursaria spinosa'' is a small tree or shrub in the family Pittosporaceae. The species occurs mainly in the eastern and southern half of Australia and not in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Reaching 10 m (35 ft) high, it ...
'', ''
Dodonaea viscosa ''Dodonaea viscosa'', also known as the broadleaf hopbush, is a species of flowering plant in the ''Dodonaea'' (hopbush) genus that has a cosmopolitan distribution in Tropics, tropical, Subtropics, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa ...
'', ''
Melaleuca uncinata ''Melaleuca uncinata'', commonly known as broombush, broom honeymyrtle or brushwood, is a plant in the paperbark family native to southern Australia. It is harvested from the wild, and grown in plantations, for broombush fencing. The Noongar nam ...
'' and ''
Prostanthera behriana ''Prostanthera behriana'', commonly known as tall mintbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-east of South Australia. It is an erect to straggling shrub with egg-shaped leaves and white, pale bl ...
'' are common. The park is relatively unmodified although it is a popular picnic spot.

As of 1992, visitors to the conservation park was “local residents for picnics, walking and viewing the granite outcrops, as well as by bird observers and field naturalists.” The conservation park is classified as an

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Category III protected area. In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct

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References

External links

Webpage for the Jip Jip Conservation Park on the Protected Planet website
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 1967 1967 establishments in Australia South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate Limestone Coast

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