House of Assembly Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Answers to Questions National Parks National Parks The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS House of Assembly Black Leader of the Opposition 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 House of Assembly Port Adelaide Deputy Premier Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Minister for Defence and Space Industries Minister for Climate, Environment and Water Minister for Workforce and Population Strategy National Parks 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