30/11/2021
The Flinders Ranges provides some of South Australia’s most iconic landscapes displaying geological formations and wildlife. It is also where evidence of earth’s earliest animal life has been discovered.
The Flinders Ranges, traditional lands of the Adnyamathanha people, is renowned as one of South Australia’s most remarkable landscapes. The dramatic scenery, unique geological formations and iconic wildlife attracts visitors from across the world. It is a place of rich cultural heritage and exceptional scientific value, where evidence of the emergence Earth’s earliest complex animal life has been discovered.
In March 2019, the state government purchased 60,000 hectares from the Nilpena Pastoral Company which extends to Lake Torrens National Park and adjoins Ediacara Conservation Park. This land along with the existing Ediacara Conservation Park (in its entirety) has been reclassified to become Nilpena Ediacara National Park.
As part of the South Australian Government’s Parks 2025 Strategy, $3 million is being invested into a Nilpena visitor hub that will include an Ediacaran fossil experience to explain the planet’s early stages of animal life. This immersive experience is currently being created at the former blacksmith shop, where visitors will have the opportunity to view fossils up-close and experience a one of a kind audio-visual fossil encounter. Exclusive guided tours to the Nilpena fossil field will also be offered and access paths, elevated boardwalks and viewing platforms are being installed to ensure sustainable access to key sites.
All just a stones throw from Parachilna.
remember if you heading into the Outback, follow the Aussie Travel Code
come prepared
stay on track
keep it clean
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World Heritage for the Flinders Ranges
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📸Georgie Mann Photography Georgie Mann Photography
