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Inter­est in nature-based tourism is on the rise thanks to the State Government’s $5 mil­lion Nature-based Tourism Co-invest­ment Fund, with sites such as Cle­land Wildlife Park and Mypon­ga Reser­voir Reserve expe­ri­enc­ing a high lev­el of inter­est from poten­tial applicants.

South Aus­tralia will be bet­ter pre­pared to sup­port the preser­va­tion and re-estab­lish­ment of the nat­ur­al envi­ron­ment dur­ing and fol­low­ing bush­fires with a new frame­work released by the Wildlife and Habi­tat Bush­fire Recov­ery Taskforce.

With pris­tine white sandy beach­es, beau­ti­ful coast­lines and sparkling blue water Dhil­ba Guu­ran­da-Innes Nation­al Park is a favourite des­ti­na­tion of many South Aus­tralians, and there’s no bet­ter time to vis­it than in Jan­u­ary when it will be cel­e­brat­ed as Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice South Australia’s (NPWS­SA) Park of the Month.

The re-estab­lish­ment of lit­tle pen­guins on West Island, off the Fleurieu Penin­su­la coast­line, has been an excit­ing dis­cov­ery for Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice South Aus­tralia (NPWS­SA) staff.

The Kan­ga­roo Island Wilder­ness Trail (KIWT) will reopen for walk­ers from 1 Decem­ber for the first time since last summer’s dev­as­tat­ing bushfires.