| Verran Tanks Conservation Park Verran[1], South Australia | |
|---|---|
  Verran Tanks Conservation Park | |
| Nearest town or city | Rudall[1] |
| Coordinates | 33°50′07″S136°13′52″E / 33.8354°S 136.2311°E /-33.8354; 136.2311[2] |
| Established | 28 July 1983 (1983-07-28)[3] |
| Area | 1.19 km2 (0.5 sq mi)[4] |
| Visitation | No visitor access (in 2007)[5]: 23 |
| Managing authorities | Department for Environment and Water |
| See also | Protected areas of South Australia |
Verran Tanks Conservation Park is aprotected area in the Australian state ofSouth Australia, located on theEyre Peninsula in the gazetted locality ofVerran about 105 kilometres (65 mi) north ofPort Lincoln and about 55 kilometres (34 mi) south-east ofLock.[5]: 3 [1]
It was proclaimed on 28 July 1983 under theNational Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 to “conserve remnant vegetation” on land all in Section 71 ofthe cadastral unit of theHundred of Verran and which was previously gazetted as a water reserve.[3][5]: 3 The proclamation excluded “access under state mining legislation.”[5] Its name is derived from a water storage facility known as the “Verran Tank.”[1]
As of 2007, the Verran Tanks Conservation Park was reported as being “dominated by mallee and shrubland” and included the following plant associations and species of conservation concern. A “mallee community” dominated byEucalyptus peninsularis considered to be “a state endangered ecosystem” was present in the conservation park. Four species which were described as being “state rare species” have also been recorded in the conservation park:six-nerve spine-bush (Acacia hexaneura),Levenhookia stipitata, the rasp daisy-bush (Olearia picridifolia) and thetawny leek-orchid (Prasophyllum constrictum).[5]: 3, 11–15
As of 2007, there was no access for visitors into the interior of the conservation park, nor were there plans to create such access.[5]: 23
The conservation park is classified as anIUCNCategory III protected area.[2]