__NOTOC__ Moody Tank Conservation Park is a

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located in the

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on the

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about north-east of

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. In 2007, the conservation park was described by its managing authority as follows:

Moody Tank Conservation Park was proclaimed on 7 December 2006 under the ''
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 Protected areas of South Australia consists of protected areas located within South Australia and its immediate onshore waters and which are managed by South Australian Government agencies. As of March 2018, South Australia contains 359 sepa ...
'', to protect and conserve endemic, remnant vegetation and a site of heritage significance. The park was proclaimed without access under State mining legislation. Moody Tank Conservation Park contains four major vegetation communities, one of which (''
Eucalyptus peninsularis ''Eucalyptus peninsularis'', commonly known as Cummins mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to a small area of South Australia. It has smooth, greyish or brownish bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven ...
'', '' E. leptophylla'' and '' E. pileata'' open mallee) is listed as threatened in South Australia. The park also protects numerous plant species of conservation significance and provides suitable habitat for the nationally vulnerable Granite Mudwort (''Limosella granitica'').

The conservation park is located in the locality of Ungarra and be accessed from its south side by a road named Yeelana Road which connects to the

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in the east and the

Tod Highway Tod Highway is an important 177 kilometre highway serving South Australia's Eyre Peninsula's wheatbelt, and is designated route B90. It is named after Robert Tod who explored the area in 1839. Route Tod Highway begins from Eyre Highway at Kyanc ...

in the west. The conservation park includes the Moody Rocks Water Tank (also known as the Moody Reservoir) which is listed on the

South Australian Heritage Register The South Australian Heritage Register, also known as the SA Heritage Register, is a statutory register of historic places in South Australia. It extends legal protection regarding demolition and development under the ''Heritage Places Act 1993'' ...

and is the feature from which the conservation park's name is derived. The water tank was constructed in 1913 to supply water to

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s using the railway line located on the south side of Yeelana Road which is a branch of the

Eyre Peninsula Railway The Eyre Peninsula Railway is a gauge railway on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. Radiating out from the ports at Port Lincoln and Thevenard, it is isolated from the rest of the South Australian railway network. Peaking at 777 kilometr ...

. 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 III protected area.

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Entry for Moody Tank Conservation Park on Protected Planet
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 2006 2006 establishments in Australia Eyre Peninsula

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