Southern Flinders Precinct
Project and Partner News
Project Updates
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Tender awarded for construction of Gorges Walks Trail Network
South Australian company TrailScapes have won a tender for the detailed design and construction of a new network of walking trails in the Southern Flinders Ranges.Attached Document : Gorges Walk Concept Plan.pdf -
Construction for new Epic Mountain Bike Trail commences
South Australian company TrailScapes have commenced construction on the new Epic Mountain Bike Trail planned for the Southern Flinders Ranges. -
New mountain bike trails at Willowie now open
New mountain bike trails constructed in Mount Remarkable National Park in Willowie, north of Melrose, are now complete and open to the public. -
New day visitor facilities open at Wirrabara
New and improved day visitor facilities are now open at Wirrabara as part of the first stage of works occurring in the Southern Flinders Ranges to a establish a new nature and adventure-based tourism destination for South Australia. -
New national park proclaimed
A new national park in the Southern Flinders Ranges has been proclaimed. The new Wapma Thura - Southern Flinders Ranges National Park comprises the former Telowie Gorge Conservation Park, Wirrabara Range Conservation Park, Spaniards Gully Conservation Park and a discrete portion of Mount Remarkable National Park known as the Napperby block. -
Access to Beetaloo Reservoir
Beetaloo Reservoir is part of the broad range of nature-based destinations visitors can enjoy in the Southern Flinders Ranges. -
Mambray Creek Upgrade Design
Planning is well underway for upgrades in the Mambray Creek campgrounds within Mount Remarkable National Park. -
Southern Flinders at the Melrose Fat Tyre Festival
National Parks and Wildlife Service team members were at the Melrose Fat Tyre Festival in June to promote the projects underway as part of the Remarkable Southern Flinders Project. -
Remarkable recognition for a remarkable project
Congratulations to Regional Development Australia Yorke and Mid North CEO, Kelly-Anne Saffin on being named joint winner of the Local Government Association of South Australia’s Jim Hullick Award. -
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The partnership
Developing new facilities in the Southern Flinders is occurring through a partnership between the South Australian and Australian Governments, the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife, Northern Areas Council, District Council of Mount Remarkable, Port Pirie Regional Council, Regional Development Australia Yorke and Mid-North and the Nukunu Wapma Thura Aboriginal Corporation to further advance and promote the Southern Flinders region as a tourism destination.
Acknowledgement of Country
The Department for Environment and Water acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Nations of the lands and waters we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.
The Department works in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and supports their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.