Mamungari Conservation Park

Open dai­ly.

• Head of Bight Vis­i­tors Cen­tre open­ing hours

Clo­sures and safety

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

You can deter­mine the cur­rent fire dan­ger rat­ing by check­ing the Fire Ban Dis­trict map on the CFS website.

Check the CFS web­site or call the CFS Bush­fire Infor­ma­tion Hot­line 1800 362 361 for:

• Infor­ma­tion on fire bans and cur­rent fire conditions
• Cur­rent CFS warn­ings and incidents
• Infor­ma­tion on what to do in the event of a fire.

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

Office: Mar­alin­ga Tjarut­ja Admin­is­tra­tion Office
Phone: (+61 8) 8625 2946
Fax: (+61 8) 8625 3076
Email: senioradmin@​maralinga.​com.​au

Mamungari Con­ser­va­tion Park is locat­ed 450km north west of Ceduna. Access is via the Eyre Highway.

• Park map

Per­mits are required to trav­el through the fol­low­ing areas:

• Mamungari Con­ser­va­tion Park
• Mar­alin­ga Tjarut­ja Lands (4−6 weeks notice is required)
• Woomera Pro­hib­it­ed Area
• Mabel Creek Station

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.

Dogs are not per­mit­ted in this park.

Dis­cov­er which 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.

There are very lim­it­ed facil­i­ties in the park. Please ensure you car­ry suf­fi­cient water, food and sup­plies for your entire vis­it. It is also a good idea to let a respon­si­ble per­son know of your intend­ed move­ments and when you expect to return.

Plants

The park sup­ports an array of unique plant species includ­ing the majes­tic mar­ble gum, desert kur­ra­jong and the oold­ea mallee. 

Ani­mals

Mamungari Con­ser­va­tion Park is home to the princess par­rot, the scar­let-chest­ed par­rot and the bus­tard.

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.

Please ensure that you under­stand and arrange rel­e­vant per­mits before trav­el­ling to Mamungari Con­ser­va­tion Park.

• There is no mobile phone cov­er­age in the park.

• Parks of the Far West brochure

• Camp­ing safety
• 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.

Mamungari Con­ser­va­tion Park is man­aged in part­ner­ship with the Mar­alin­ga Tjarut­ja Peo­ples (the tra­di­tion­al own­ers) and DEWNR.

Words from the Mamungari Co-Man­age­ment Board

We are made up of peo­ple from Mar­alin­ga Tjarut­ja in South Aus­tralia and Pila Ngu­ru in West­ern Aus­tralia, as well as rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the gov­ern­ment. We are proud that Mar­alin­ga Tjarut­ja owns the land. Anan­gu asso­ci­a­tion with this land stretch­es back for thou­sands of gen­er­a­tions. Our rights as tra­di­tion­al own­ers have tak­en decades to be recog­nised — co-man­age­ment is an impor­tant part of this recog­ni­tion and a step towards reconciliation.

We all work togeth­er to look after our land — we have a cul­tur­al respon­si­bil­i­ty to look after vis­i­tors to our spe­cial coun­try, and need to make sure they respect our sacred sites. We will con­tin­ue to look after vis­i­tors and the coun­try — keep­ing weeds, like Buf­fel Grass, away and look­ing after our impor­tant cul­tur­al sites.

Also, we will use the park to teach Anan­gu chil­dren how to look after the coun­try and to ensure our con­nec­tion to this place, our sto­ries, con­tin­ue to be told into the future.

Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ples have occu­pied, enjoyed and man­aged the lands and waters of this State for thou­sands of gen­er­a­tions. For Abo­rig­i­nal first nations, 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 Abo­rig­i­nal first nations. 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.

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

• DEW Park management
• DEW Abo­rig­i­nal partnerships