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__NOTOC__ Lake Hawdon South Conservation Park is a
protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...
located in the Australian state of
South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
in the locality of Bray about south-east of the state capital of
Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
and about east of the town of Robe. The conservation park consists of crown land in Sections 177 and 178 of the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Bray. It came into existence on 18 February 2010 by proclamation under the '' National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972''. On the same day, a separate proclamation ensured that “certain existing and future rights of entry, prospecting, exploration or mining” permitted under the state's ''Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000'' would apply to the extent of the conservation park. As of 2016, it covered an area of . The conservation park's boundaries align with the extent of the water body known as Lake Hawdon South which was described in 2010 as a “shallow, seasonally inundated lake”, as having an area of about and which is the southern basin of a larger system known as Lake Hawdon. The lake contains extensive areas of sedgelands including species such as ''
Gahnia trifida ''Gahnia trifida'', the coastal saw-sedge, is a tussock-forming perennial in the family Cyperaceae, endemic to southern Australia. A herb, sedge or grass-like, with very rough leaf margins and underside. The species grows in dense tussocks, 1. ...
'', '' Gahnia filum'', ''
Baumea arthrophylla ''Baumea arthrophylla''(now known as Machaerina arthrophylla) is a flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae that is native to many states and territories of Australia. The grass-like plant is rhizomatous and perennial, with a tufted habit ...
'', ''
Baumea juncea ''Machaerina juncea'', commonly known as bare twig-rush or tussock swamp twig rush, is a sedge in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, that is native to Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. Description The grass-like sedge is rhizomatous and pere ...
'' and ''
Juncus kraussii ''Juncus kraussii'' commonly known as salt marsh rush, sea rush, jointed rush, matting rush or dune slack rush, is of the monocot family Juncaceae and genus Juncus. It grows in salt marshes, estuarine and coastal areas. This species is ideal a ...
''. In 2010, the conservation park's conservation significance was described as follows: # It supports biota of conservation significance including “17 vertebrate fauna species, seven plant species and three plant communities.” # Two plant communities are considered ''vulnerable'' at a state and regional level, being the “''Baumea juncea'' / ''B. arthrophylla'' sedgeland on the western side of the lake and ''Gahnia filum'' / ''G. trifida'' sedgeland.” # It contains a field of microbial accretionary structures known as thrombolites which cover an area of . # It contains about 100 native fauna species including the
western grey kangaroo The western grey kangaroo (''Macropus fuliginosus''), also referred to as a western grey giant kangaroo, black-faced kangaroo, mallee kangaroo, sooty kangaroo and (when referring to the Kangaroo Island subspecies) Kangaroo Island grey kangaroo, is ...
,
wombat Wombats are short-legged, muscular quadrupedal marsupials that are native to Australia. They are about in length with small, stubby tails and weigh between . All three of the extant species are members of the family Vombatidae. They are adap ...
and bush rat, eight amphibian species and 15 reptile species including the state endangered glossy grass skink. The conservation park is classified as an
IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...
Category VI protected area.


See also

* Protected areas of South Australia *
Lake Hawdon System Important Bird Area The Lake Hawdon System Important Bird Area comprises an area of covering a series of five coastal lakes in the Limestone Coast of South Australia. They are the most important of a string of regional lakes occupying swale corridors between mo ...


References


External links


Lake Hawdon South Conservation Park webpage on the Protected Planet website
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 2010 2010 establishments in Australia Limestone Coast