Spring has sprung in the Flinders Ranges according to the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), which has reported wattle now in full bloom across the region.
According to NPWS, Flinders Ranges parks have been chosen as Parks of the Month for October, coinciding with an extensive program of activities in Mount Remarkable National Park and Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park during the school holidays.
NPWS Ranger, Brett Coghlan said Mount Remarkable National Park was located in the Southern Flinders Ranges, about a three-hour drive north of Adelaide.
“The park is a destination for bushwalking, mountain biking and camping, with Mambray Creek one of the park’s most popular campgrounds with 56 campsites nestled alongside towering river red gums along the banks of the creek,” Mr Coghlan said.
“It’s not uncommon to share your campsite with emus, kangaroos and a variety of colourful birds,” he said.
“In the evenings you might even be lucky enough to spot a yellow-footed rock-wallaby, as they live nearby.”
Mr Coghlan has worked in Mount Remarkable National Park for the past 3.5 years.
“I am so fortunate to call this park home,” he said.
“The natural beauty of the park is incredible. You can choose to have a really active time with some of the best hiking trails in SA or you can take it easy and relax to the sounds of nature while camping.”
He said a few hours’ drive north from Mount Remarkable National Park was the breathtaking Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park.
Famous for its geological landmarks such as Wilpena Pound and its wildlife and spectacular tree-lined gorges, the Park has been called as one of South Australia’s ‘must-see’ travel destinations.
Mr Coghlan said 2022 marks 50 years since the incorporation of Wilpena Pound into what was then known as Flinders Ranges National Park in 1972 and 30 years since the start of the successful conservation program ‘Bounceback’ which has led to the recovery of the yellow-footed rock wallabies in the park and the reintroduction of once locally extinct species the western quoll and brush-tailed possum.
He said that co-named in November 2015, Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park provides plenty of accommodation options, from camping in one of the NPWS campgrounds to the Wilpena Pound Resort with its amenity blocks, cabins, glamping tents and motel rooms.
“While both parks are popular destinations during the October school holidays, campground bookings are currently available at Mambray Creek, Baroota and Backpack campsites in Mount Remarkable National Park and Acraman, Aroona, Brachina East, Cambrian, Dingley Dell, Koolamon, Teamsters, Trezona and Youngoona campsites at Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park,” Mr Coghlan said.
For more information about the Flinders and Ikara-Flinders Ranges readers in
October readers can access details on this PS News link.
