Chinaman Creek - SA

Free bush camp in the Winninowie Conservation Park. Be aware of the risk of tidal inundation. No pets, no campfires. Pit toilets.

Winninowie Conservation Park is a protected area located on the east coast of Upper Spencer Gulf about 20km south by east of Port Augusta and 25km northwest of Port Germein, in the locality of Miranda. The conservation park was proclaimed in 1990 for the purpose of conserving ‘excellent examples of several coastal and marine ecosystems with sub-tropical affiliations in a temperate environment’ including ‘significant stands of the grey mangrove, Avicennia marina var. resinifera, seagrass and samphire salt marsh communities’. The conservation park’s boundaries overlap with those of the Yatala Harbour Upper Spencer Gulf Aquatic Reserve. The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.