Full closure of Various Parks - Fleurieu Peninsula including Deep Creek National Park

Published: 16 January 2025

Var­i­ous Parks on the Fleurieu Penin­su­la includ­ing Deep Creek Nation­al Park will be ful­ly closed for a fer­al ani­mal con­trol pro­gram from 12pm Sun­day 18 May 2025 — 12pm Fri­day 23 May 2025. To ensure pub­lic safe­ty is main­tained, these parks will be closed to all mem­bers of the pub­lic, with no entry and no camp­ing per­mit­ted for the dura­tion of the oper­a­tion. For fur­ther infor­ma­tion con­tact: Nation­al Parks & Wildlife Ser­vice SA — Deep Creek Nation­al Park Office Ph: (08) 8598 0263.

The fol­low­ing parks will be closed:

  • Deep Creek Nation­al Park 
  • Talisker Con­ser­va­tion Park
  • Bal­la­parud­da Creek Recre­ation Park
  • Eric Bonython Con­ser­va­tion Park
  • Wait­pin­ga Con­ser­va­tion Park 
  • Wild South Coast Way on the Hey­sen Trail 

Affect­ed Trails:

  • Hey­sen Trail through Deep Creek Nation­al Park


Affect­ed campgrounds:

  • Stringy­bark
  • Trig
  • Tapanap­pa, Yapari (Cliffs)
  • Cob­bler Hill
  • Kur­ri (Creek)
  • Wul­di Krikin (Eagle Waterhole)