Newland Head Conservation Park

Newland Head Conservation Park

Park fees:
Accommodation from: $12.50 per night
Fees must be paid before entry to the park. Campsite fees are per night, subject to availability.
98.3km from Adelaide
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Locat­ed on the south­ern coast of the Fleurieu Penin­su­la, New­land Head Con­ser­va­tion Park is a pop­u­lar des­ti­na­tion for bird watch­ing, surf­ing, fish­ing and is home to one of the most mem­o­rable sec­tions of the Wild South Coast Way.

The park pro­tects two long beach­es, Wait­pin­ga and Par­sons, as well as the scenic Wait­pin­ga Cliffs and sur­round­ing mallee heath veg­e­ta­tion. Fol­low the walk­ing trails along­side the rolling sand dunes and rugged cliffs which pro­vide panoram­ic views of Wait­pin­ga Creek, Encounter Marine Park, the Pages in Back­stairs Pas­sage and Kan­ga­roo Island.

After a day of explor­ing, set up camp at Wait­pin­ga Camp­ground or Natun­yu­ru Ngawan­thi (Sand Dunes camp­ground) and enjoy the dis­tant sound of waves rolling onto the beach. 

Due to strong rips and hid­den gut­ters, the park’s beach­es are not suit­able for swimming.

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Camp­ground maps

Maps on your mobile

If you have a smart­phone or tablet you can down­load the free Aven­za Map app and have inter­ac­tive nation­al park maps on hand when you need them.

The app uses your device’s built-in GPS to plot your real-time loca­tion with­in the park onto a map. The app can be used with­out a net­work con­nec­tion and with­out roam­ing charges. You can also mea­sure area and dis­tance, plot pho­tos and drop place­mark pins. 

How to get it work­ing on your device:

1. Down­load the Aven­za Maps app from the app store (iOS/Android) whilst you are still in range (its free!).
2. Open up the app and click the shop­ping cart icon.
3. Click Find’ and type the name of the nation­al park or reserve you are look­ing for.
4. Click on the map you are after and install it (all our maps are free).
5. You will now find a list of your installed maps on the home page of the Aven­za Maps app.
6. Use our maps through the Aven­za Mapa app while in the park and nev­er take a wrong turn again.

Google Street View

Want to explore a trail before you leave home or use Google Maps to nav­i­gate straight from your door to the trailhead?

We’ve worked with Google to film more than 600km of walk­ing trails, park roads, camp­grounds and water­ways in some of our most beau­ti­ful places. Click to see what the parks offer and the avail­able facil­i­ties before you go. This is an espe­cial­ly great tool if you have acces­si­bil­i­ty needs, are vis­it­ing with peo­ple of vary­ing ages or fit­ness lev­els or are push­ing a pram and want to view a trail before leav­ing home.

You can start explor­ing this park on Google Street View using the links below.

Camp­grounds

Walk­ing trails

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