Wirrabara

Open dai­ly.

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.

Vis­i­tor infor­ma­tion, book­ings and park management:

Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice, Yorke and Mid North Office
Phone: (+61 8) 8841 3400
Email: mrnp@​sa.​gov.​au

Emer­gency contacts:

Med­ical, fire (includ­ing bush­fire) and police emer­gency sit­u­a­tions
Phone: Triple Zero — 000

Police Assis­tance
Phone: 131 444 for non-urgent police assistance

Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice SA – After-hours duty offi­cer (voice mes­sages only, text mes­sages are unavail­able to be received)
Phone: 0417 883 678

Injured wildlife:

With­in the park
Please con­tact Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice, Yorke and Mid North Office on (08) 8841 3400 or the after-hours duty offi­cer on 0417 883 678 (out­side of busi­ness hours)

Out­side of the park
Please con­tact a local wildlife res­cue group

The mild tem­per­a­tures from April to Octo­ber are the most com­fort­able for walk­ing. Sum­mers are warm to hot with lit­tle rain­fall. Dur­ing the sum­mer months, tem­per­a­tures range from 30 to 45 degrees, mak­ing walk­ing more chal­leng­ing. Make sure you take plen­ty of water on walks in this area.

Wirrabara For­est is locat­ed 62 km east of Port Pirie. Access is via Hor­rocks High­way, left turn onto Char­coal Road fol­lowed by anoth­er left onto For­est Road.

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.

Park­ing

There are ded­i­cat­ed acces­si­ble park­ing spaces at Wirrabara Forest.

Toi­lets

There are flush­ing toi­lets which are acces­si­ble and the path to the toi­lets is com­pact gravel.

Pic­nic area

The pic­nic tables are acces­si­ble for wheelchairs.

Trails

There are unfor­tu­nate­ly no trails that are acces­si­ble to those in wheel­chairs or severe mobil­i­ty impair­ments. How­ev­er, Bluff Look­out is just up the road from Wirrabara For­est and has an acces­si­ble view­ing plat­form that pro­vides spec­tac­u­lar views over the gulf.

Head to the pic­nic area for a qui­et break amongst the trees. With shel­ters, pic­nic tables, BBQ facil­i­ties and toi­let ameni­ties, this this area is per­fect for your next picnic.

Out­back Road Report

1300 361 033 (24-hour auto­mat­ed ser­vice)
North­ern and West­ern South Aus­tralian Out­back Roads Tem­po­rary Clo­sures, Restric­tions and Warn­ings Report

• 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.

Phy­toph­tho­ra (fy-TOFF-tho­ra), oth­er­wise known as root-rot fun­gus, is killing our native plants and threat­ens the sur­vival of ani­mals depend­ing on plants for food and shelter.

This intro­duced fun­gus can be found in plant roots, soil and water. Help stop the spread by using hygiene sta­tions, stay­ing on tracks and trails and by com­ply­ing with all Phy­toph­tho­ra man­age­ment signs.

• Phy­toph­tho­ra brochure

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