Part closure of Coorong National Park

Published: 12 March 2025

The south­ern part of the Coorong Nation­al Park will be closed from 6pm Mon­day 5 May until 6am Fri­day 9 May for a pest con­trol operation.

The clo­sure applies from an east-west line at Police­man Point (Lat 36.0597° S, Long 139.5802° E) to the south­ern bound­ary of the Coorong Nation­al Park (Lat 36.5363° S, Long 139.8314° E).

Areas affect­ed dur­ing the clo­sure include:

  • 28 Mile Crossing
  • 32 Mile Crossing
  • 42 Mile Crossing
  • Chi­na­man Well His­toric Walk
  • Coorong Ocean Beach
  • Lakes Nature Trail
  • Loop Road
  • Ngrugie Ngop­pun Walk
  • Nukan Kun­gan Hike
  • Salt Creek outlet
  • Tea Tree Crossing
  • Wreck Cross­ing

Camp­grounds affect­ed dur­ing the clo­sure include:

  • 28 Mile Cross­ing Campground
  • 42 Mile Cross­ing Campground
  • Boat­ing based camp­ing (Coorong Lagoon)
  • Loop Road, Car­a­van Sites
  • Loop Road, Hood­ed Plover Campground
  • Loop Road, Malleefowl Campground
  • Non-vehi­cle based camp­ing (Hike, bike or canoe)
  • Ocean Beach Camping
  • Tea Tree Cross­ing Campground
  • Tea Tree Cross­ing — Oys­ter­catch­er Campground 
  • Wreck Cross­ing Campground


The fol­low­ing areas will remain open to pub­lic access:

  • Coorong North­ern and South­ern Lagoons 
  • Jack Point
  • Kar­too Road
  • Long Point
  • Mark Point
  • Old Coorong Road (through traf­fic only)
  • Parn­ka Point
  • Pel­i­can point
  • Police­man Point
  • Pot­ters Scrub
  • Sev­en Mile Road
  • Stony Well
  • Woods Well


The fol­low­ing camp­grounds will remain open to pub­lic access:

  • Bark­er Knoll Campground
  • God­freys Land­ing Campground
  • Kar­too Road Campsites
  • Long Point Campground
  • Mark Point Campground
  • Parn­ka Point, Avo­cet Campground
  • Parn­ka Point, Pel­i­can Campground
  • Sand­piper Campground
  • Sev­en Mile Road Campgrounds