National Parks

24 The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Leader of the Opposition) (29 August 2023). How many national park visitations were there in the past year, split by each park?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Minister for Defence and Space Industries, Minister for Climate, Environment and Water): I have been advised:

Park visitation data is sourced through a booking platform which collates information relating to each park booking. Visitor data is only collected for parks where an entry fee is required. Parks visitation data is not collected at parks which have free entry and is therefore not captured in overall figures. Consequently, true park visitation is higher than reported visitor data.

Where visitor data is reported by car entry, the number of persons in each car cannot be known precisely. An average of 2.3 persons per car is assumed for Belair National Park.

During the 2022-23 financial year, of the 54 parks and reserves that the Department for Environment and Water collects park visitation data for, the number of visitations was 834,552 people. Break down by park is:

Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Region:

Belair National Park = 164,680

Cleland Wildlife Park = 118,631

Deep Creek National Park = 33,698

Newland Head Conservation Park =4,847

Onkaparinga River National Park = 5,799

Para Wirra Conservation Park = 12,067

Eyre and Far West Region:

Acraman Creek Conservation Park = 320

Chadinga Conservation Park = 16

Coffin Bay National Park = 25,839

Fowlers Bay Conservation Park = 2,246

Gawler Ranges National Park = 4,867

Laura Bay Conservation Park = 159

Lincoln National Park = 27,857

Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area = 2,813

Nullarbor National Park, Wilderness Protection Area and Regional Reserve = 526

Point Bell Conservation Park = 35

Wahgunyah Conservation Park = 206

Wittelbee Conservation Park = 1,083

Yellabinna Regional Reserve = 1,524

Yumbarra Conservation Park = 1,694

Flinders and Outback Region:

Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park = 30,507

Innamincka Regional Reserve = 1,404

Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park = 865

Malkumba-Coongie Lakes National Park = 33

Tallaringa Conservation Park = 563

Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park = 2,134

Wamba Kadabu Mound Springs CP = 21

Wapma Thura—Southern Flinders National Park = 1,153

Witjira National Park = 3,713

Kangaroo Island Region:

Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park and Wilderness Protection Area = 1,983

Cape Willoughby Conservation Park = 66

Flinders Chase National Park = 24,714

Lashmar Conservation Park = 3,919

Seal Bay Conservation Park = 94,931

Limestone Coast Region:

Beachport Conservation Park = 1,914

Bool Lagoon Game Reserve = 389

Canunda National Park = 4,579

Coorong National Park = 12,671

Ewens Ponds Conservation Park = 5,409

Little Dip Conservation Park = 6,255

Naracoorte Caves National Park Campground = 2,543

Naracoorte Caves National Park = 98,774

Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park = 1,951

Tantanoola Caves Conservation Park = 37,029

Riverland and Murray Lands Region:

Chowilla Game Reserve = 666

Danggali Conservation Park and Wilderness Protection Area = 142

Karte Conservation Park =115

Loch Luna and Moorook Game Reserve = 1,116

Morgan Conservation Park = 504

Murray River National Park = 2,660

Ngarkat Conservation Park = 4,641

Tolderol Game Reserve = 458

Yorke and Mid North Region:

Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park = 54,819

Mount Remarkable National Park = 23,304

Dutchmans Stern Conservation Park = 300

There were also 19,028 park passes purchased, these are broken down to:

Single = 2,723

Two months = 8,788

Parks Multi Year = 3,820

Desert Parks Pass = 3,697