Kinchina Conservation Park

Open dai­ly.

This park is closed on days of Cat­a­stroph­ic Fire Dan­ger and may be closed on days of Extreme Fire Danger.

Lis­ten to the local area radio sta­tion for the lat­est updates and infor­ma­tion on fire safety.

• CFS web­site
• CFS Hot­line: 1800 362 361

Vis­i­tor infor­ma­tion, book­ings and park management:

Nation­al Parks Wildlife Ser­vice South Aus­tralia River­land and Mur­ray­lands Region­al Office
28 Vaugh­an Tce, Berri

Phone: (+61 8) 8595 2111
Email: rm.​npws@​sa.​gov.​au

Emer­gency contacts:

Med­ical, fire (includ­ing bush­fire) and police emer­gency situations

Phone: Triple Zero (000)

Police Assis­tance

Phone: 131 444 for non-urgent police assistance

Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice SA – After-hours duty offi­cer
Phone: 0417 192 335

Injured Wildlife:

With­in the park

Please con­tact the River­land and Mur­ray­lands Region­al Office on (08) 8595 2111 or the after-hours duty offi­cer on 0417 192 335 (out­side of busi­ness hours).

Out­side of the park

Please con­tact a local wildlife res­cue group

Trav­el out of Mur­ray Bridge on Mau­rice Road, approx­i­mate­ly 3.5 km (from the Ade­laide Road turn off), the park­ing bay and walk­ing trail access is locat­ed on the right.

Alter­na­tive­ly trav­el on the Old Princess High­way to the Tow­er Hill Car Park and Entrance, which is around 200 m from the Ade­laide Road turn off.

Dogs are wel­come in this park.

Please ensure you:

• Keep your dog under con­trol and on a lead no more than two metres in length.
• Stick to des­ig­nat­ed walk­ing trails.
• Bring dis­pos­able bags to clean up your dog’s fae­ces (please be aware there are no bins in nation­al parks).

Dis­cov­er oth­er parks you can walk your dog in on our find a park tool or read 12 dog-friend­ly walks in Ade­laide Parks by Good Liv­ing for inspiration.

Assis­tance dogs are per­mit­ted in most pub­lic places and are there­fore wel­come in South Australia’s parks and reserves. Assis­tance dogs must be appro­pri­ate­ly restrained on a lead and remain under your effec­tive con­trol at all times while in a park or reserve.

As per the dogs in parks and reserves pol­i­cy, if the dog is not an accred­it­ed assis­tance dog, they must be trained to assist a per­son with a dis­abil­i­ty to alle­vi­ate that dis­abil­i­ty and meet stan­dards of hygiene and behav­iour appro­pri­ate for a dog in a pub­lic place. How­ev­er, refusal may be giv­en if the per­son with the dis­abil­i­ty is unable to pro­duce evi­dence the dog is an assis­tance dog with the appro­pri­ate training.

Before tak­ing your assis­tance dog into a park that does not nor­mal­ly allow dogs, it is high­ly rec­om­mend­ed that you con­tact us so we can pro­vide you with the lat­est infor­ma­tion on any poten­tial haz­ards with­in spe­cif­ic parks that may affect your dog. Please con­tact the park via the con­tact details pro­vid­ed under the con­tact tab or con­tact the vis­i­tor ser­vice cen­tre via email or on Face­book.

Please come to the park pre­pared to be self reliant as there is no facil­i­ties locat­ed in the park.

• Parks man­age­ment plans
• Trails SA
• SA Marine Parks

• Impor­tant: Col­lec­tion of fire­wood with­in Nation­al Parks is pro­hib­it­ed. Dead wood plays a vital role in pro­vid­ing shel­ter for ani­mals and adding nutri­ents to the soil.

Flo­ra and fau­na species lists

To down­load flo­ra (plants) and fau­na (ani­mals) species lists for this park, use the ​‘Cre­ate Sim­ple Species List’ tab under ​‘Flo­ra Tools’ or ​‘Fau­na Tools’ in NatureMaps.

Kinchi­na Con­ser­va­tion Park came into exis­tence on the 22^nd of Sep­tem­ber when announced in the Gov­ern­ment Gazette, and was opened by the Hon. Min­is­ter Ian Hunter on the 6^th of Novem­ber 2016.

Kinchi­na Con­ser­va­tion Park is named for the rail sid­ing where local Monar­to gran­ite was loaded to be sent to Ade­laide by Jessie and Charles Dun­can from 1879. This gran­ite was used in many build­ings, includ­ing Colonel Light’s stat­ue, St Peter’s Cathe­dral steps, Elec­tra House on King William Street and for kerb­ing in Ade­laide CBD.

First Nations peo­ples have occu­pied, enjoyed and man­aged the lands and waters of this state for thou­sands of gen­er­a­tions. For First Nations peo­ples, cre­ation ances­tors laid down the laws of the Coun­try and bestowed a range of cus­tom­ary rights and oblig­a­tions to the many Abo­rig­i­nal Nations across our state.

There are many places across the state that have great spir­i­tu­al sig­nif­i­cance to First Nations peo­ples. At some of these places, Abo­rig­i­nal cul­tur­al pro­to­cols such as restrict­ed access are pro­mot­ed, and vis­i­tors are asked to respect the wish­es of Tra­di­tion­al Owners.

In places where pro­to­cols are not pro­mot­ed vis­i­tors are asked to show respect by not touch­ing or remov­ing any­thing, and make sure you take all your rub­bish with you when you leave.

First Nations peo­ples con­tin­ue to play an active role in car­ing for their Coun­try, includ­ing in parks across South Australia.

• DEW Park management
• DEW Abo­rig­i­nal partnerships