| Custon Conservation Park South Australia | |
|---|---|
  Custon Conservation Park | |
| Nearest town or city | Wolseley[2] |
| Coordinates | 36°26′27″S140°55′36″E / 36.4408°S 140.9268°E /-36.4408; 140.9268[1] |
| Established | 8 March 2007 (2007-03-08)[3] |
| Area | 64 hectares (160 acres)[4] |
| Managing authorities | Department for Environment and Water |
| See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Custon Conservation Park is aprotected area in the Australian state ofSouth Australia located in the state'sLimestone Coast in the gazetted locality ofCuston about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of the town centre inWolseley and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the municipal seat ofBordertown.[2][5]
The conservation park occupies land in the Section 903 and Allotment 2 in Deposited Plan 36724 of thecadastral unit of theHundred of Tatiara. It is bounded by Bangham Road on its western side and by Pier Point Road on its northern side.[2][3][6]
The land originally gained protected area status in 2007, whencrown land in section 903 was gazetted as the Custon Conservation Park and was enlarged in 2016 by the addition of crown land in the Allotment 2 in Deposited Plan 36724.[3][6]
The conservation park contains an “ecological community” consisting of “a grassy woodland” ofgrey box which is listed as ‘Endangered’ under the state'sNational Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 withbuloke being a "co-dominant tree species.” As of 2014, the Government of South Australia has been using fire as “part of an integrated management strategy to maintain the Grey-box Grassy Woodland association.”[7][5]
The conservation park is classified as anIUCNCategory III protected area.[1]