People planning to visit South Australian national parks this summer are encouraged to conserve the coastline to enhance their experience and safeguard the environment.
National Parks and Wildlife Service regional operations director Stuart Paul said raising awareness would encourage visitors to protect the unique and beautiful coastline.
“Most visitors to our national parks and beaches behave appropriately and want to ensure they adhere to regulations,” he said.
“This reminder balances visitor enjoyment with safety and the shared responsibility that ensures our unique and valuable environments are sustainably managed.”
SA’s national parks and Crown land are home to an abundance of native wildlife and vegetation, and include sites considered culturally significant to First Nations peoples.
Compliance will help better protect the state’s unique biodiversity, and minimise the effect on threatened species of fauna, including nesting shorebirds, and flora.
Visitors are encouraged to:
-Leave no trace in parks, and on Crown land, by bringing some garbage bags and taking home their rubbish as bins are not available.
-Keep dogs – except assistance dogs – out of most parks for their own safety but also to minimise the risk to native wildlife, vegetation and other visitors.
-Use gas and liquid fuel fires – apart from on total fire ban days – rather than solid-fuel fires, which are not permitted in most parks.
-Drive on established roads or tracks and avoid unauthorised areas for the safety of all visitors, and to protect sensitive nature and the environment.
For more information about South Australia’s parks, reserves and Crown land, and to book, visit parks.sa.gov.au/
