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Known to be the only Edi­acaran Glob­al Stra­to­type Sec­tion and Point (GSSP) in the south­ern hemi­sphere — the Gold­en Spike site will be cel­e­brat­ed with the intro­duc­tion of new trail access and a view­ing platform. 

Changes to native veg­e­ta­tion reg­u­la­tions which exempt­ed pri­vate devel­op­ments over $1 mil­lion in Flinders Chase Nation­al Park from nor­mal approval process­es have offi­cial­ly been repealed by the State Government.

Fif­teen new Abo­rig­i­nal rangers will be employed to work in nation­al parks across South Aus­tralia as part of a $5 mil­lion State Bud­get ini­tia­tive aimed at increas­ing Abo­rig­i­nal man­age­ment of our nat­ur­al environment.

Cel­e­bra­tions for this week’s 50^th anniver­sary of the Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice Act 1972 kicked off on the week­end with staff start­ing a Stra­va art­work depict­ing the icon­ic logo of the service.

May is the per­fect time of the year to get out­doors and explore the North­ern Mount Lofty Ranges, with the Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice (NPWS) host­ing activ­i­ties and events in this region as part of their Park of the Month program.