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Woakwine Conservation Park (formerly the Woakwine Conservation Reserve) 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 in the locality of
Robe about south-east of the state capital of
Adelaide and about east of the town centre in Robe.
[
The conservation park consists of land in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Waterhouse which is described as allotments 3 and 5 of Deposited Plan No. 29451. It was proclaimed on 11 November 1993 as a conservation reserve under the Crown Lands Act 1929 with the name "Woakwine Conservation Reserve".]Woakwine Range
The Woakwine Range is a low range of hills parallel to the coast in the southeast of South Australia. It extends from the coast at Cape Jaffa southeast to the Kongorong area.
The Woakwine range consists of calcrete beach and dune deposits from t ...
. The woodland "varies from coastal mallee, to Blue Gum
Blue gum is a common name for subspecies or the species in ''Eucalyptus globulus'' complex, and also a number of other species of ''Eucalyptus'' in Australia. In Queensland it usually refers to '' Eucalyptus tereticornis'', which is known elsewh ...
, and Pink Gum woodlands from north to south." The conservation park is divided into two parts by Drain L which drains water from Lake Hawdon North in the north-east to the ocean to the south-west.[
In 2000, the conservation park included animal species listed in the state's ''National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972'' as follows:][
*]Painted buttonquail
The painted buttonquail (''Turnix varius'') is a species of buttonquail, the family Turnicidae, which resemble, but are unrelated to, the quails of Phasianidae. This species is resident in Australia where numbers are believed to be in decline. ...
and rufous bristlebird
The rufous bristlebird (''Dasyornis broadbenti'') is one of three Extant taxon, extant species of bristlebirds. It is Endemism, endemic to Australia where three subspecies have been described from coastal southwestern Western Australia, southeast ...
are listed as vulnerable.
* Red-necked wallaby, common wombat
The common wombat (''Vombatus ursinus''), also known as the coarse-haired wombat or bare-nosed wombat, is a marsupial, one of three extant species of wombats and the only one in the genus ''Vombatus''. The common wombat grows to an average of lo ...
, beautiful firetail
The beautiful firetail (''Stagonopleura bella'') is a common species of estrildid finch found in Australia. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,000,000 km2. The species inhabits temperate shrubland habitats in Australia. The ...
and peregrine falcon
The peregrine falcon (''Falco peregrinus''), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan bird of prey (Bird of prey, raptor) in the family (biology), family Falco ...
are listed as rare.
The land was used for agricultural purposes up until the late 1970s and which included the clearing of vegetation and the grazing of stock.[
As of 2000, visitation was described as being "minimal" and as follows - "low impact recreational activities, including bushwalking, bird watching and natural history study".][
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
References
External links
Woakwine Conservation Park webpage on the Protected Planet website
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed
Conservation parks of South Australia
Protected areas established in 1993
1993 establishments in Australia
Limestone Coast