Granite Island Recreation Park

This article is about the recreation park in South Australia. For the island, see Granite Island (South Australia).

Protected area in South Australia

Granite Island Recreation Park
South Australia

IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)[1]

Causeway leading to Granite Island from Victor Harbor

Granite Island Recreation Park

Nearest town or city| Victor Harbor[2]
Coordinates| 35°33′51″S 138°37′49″E﻿ / ﻿35.564100686°S 138.630228673°E﻿ / -35.564100686; 138.630228673[1]
Established| 30 September 1999[3]
Area| 26 hectares (64 acres)[4]
Visitation| 700,000
Managing authorities| Department for Environment and Water
Website| Granite Island Recreation Park
See also| Protected areas of South Australia

Granite Island Recreation Park is a protected area including all of Granite Island which is about 0.6 kilometres (0.37 miles) south-east of Victor Harbor in South Australia and about 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of Adelaide. It is reported as being 'the most visited park in South Australia'.[5] It was proclaimed in 1999 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 and is categorised as an IUCN Category IV protected area.[1][3]

## See also[edit]

* Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab )". CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE). 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
2. ^ "Search results for 'Granite Island Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Properties' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
3. ^ a b Evans, Iain (30 September 1999). "NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 SECTION 34(1): CONSTITUTION OF GRANITE ISLAND RECREATION PARK" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian Government. p. 1341. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
4. ^ "Protected Areas Information System Reserve List" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
5. ^ a b "Granite Island Recreation Park". Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

## External links[edit]

* Official webpage
* Webpage for the Granite Island Recreation Park on the Protected Planet website
* Friends of Granite Island website

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Protected areas of South Australia

National parks|

* Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary–Winaityinaityi Pangkara
* Belair
* Canunda
* Cleland
* Coffin Bay
* Coorong
* Dhilba Guuranda-Innes
* Flinders Chase
* Deep Creek
* Glenthorne National Park–Ityamaiitpinna Yarta
* Gawler Ranges
* Great Australian Bight Marine
* Ikara-Flinders Ranges
* Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
* Lake Frome
* Lake Gairdner
* Lake Torrens
* Lincoln
* Malkumba-Coongie
* Mount Remarkable
* Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert
* Murray River
* Naracoorte Caves
* Nullarbor
* Nilpena Ediacara
* Onkaparinga River
* Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges
* Wapma Thura–Southern Flinders Ranges
* Witjira

Conservation parks|

* Aberdour
* Acraman Creek
* Aldinga Scrub
* Althorpe Islands
* Angove
* Avoid Bay Islands
* Baird Bay Islands
* Bakara
* Bandon
* Bangham
* Barwell
* Bascombe Well
* Baudin
* Baudin Rocks
* Beachport
* Beatrice Islet
* Belt Hill
* Beyeria
* Big Heath
* Billiatt
* Bimbowrie
* Bird Islands
* Black Hill
* Black Rock
* Boondina
* Breakaways
* Brookfield
* Bullock Hill
* Busby Islet
* Butchers Gap
* Calectasia
* Calpatanna Waterhole
* Cap Island
* Cape Blanche
* Cape Gantheaume
* Cape Willoughby
* Caralue Bluff
* Carappee Hill
* Carcuma
* Caroona Creek
* Carpenter Rocks
* Carribie
* Chadinga
* Charleston
* Christmas Rocks
* Clements Gap
* Clinton
* Cocata
* Cooltong
* Corrobinnie Hill
* Cox Scrub
* Cromer
* Cudlee Creek
* Custon
* Cygnet Estuary
* Danggali
* Darke Range
* Desert Camp
* Dingley Dell
* Douglas Point
* Dudley
* Eba Island
* Elliot Price
* Eric Bonython
* Ettrick
* Ewens Ponds
* Fairview
* Ferguson
* Ferries-McDonald
* Finniss
* Fort Glanville
* Fowlers Bay
* Franklin Harbor
* Furner
* Gambier Islands
* Gawler Ranges
* Geegeela
* Giles
* Glen Roy
* Goose Island
* Gower
* Grass Tree
* Greenly Island
* Guichen Bay
* Gum Lagoon
* Gum Tree Gully
* Hacks Lagoon
* Hale
* Hallett Cove
* Hanson Scrub
* Heggaton
* Hesperilla
* Hincks
* Hogwash Bend
* Hopkins Creek
* Horsnell Gully
* Ironstone Hill
* Jip Jip
* Kaiserstuhl
* Kapunda Island
* Karte
* Kathai
* Kellidie Bay
* Kelly Hill
* Kelvin Powrie
* Kenneth Stirling
* Kinchina
* Kulliparu
* Kungari
* Kyeema
* Lake Frome
* Lake Gilles
* Lake Hawdon South
* Lake Newland
* Lake St Clair
* Lashmar
* Lathami
* Laura Bay
* Lawari
* Lesuer
* Leven Beach
* Lincoln
* Lipson Island
* Little Dip
* Lowan
* Lower Glenelg River
* Maize Island Lagoon
* Malgra
* Mamungari
* Mantung
* Marino
* Mark Oliphant
* Marne Valley
* Martin Washpool
* Martindale Hall
* Mary Seymour
* Media Island
* Messent
* Middlecamp Hills
* Mimbara
* Minlacowie
* Moana Sands
* Mokota
* Monarto
* Monarto Woodlands
* Montacute
* Moody Tank
* Morgan
* Morialta
* Mount Billy
* Mount Boothby
* Mount Brown
* Mount Dutton Bay
* Mount George
* Mount Magnificent
* Mount Monster
* Mount Scott
* Mount Taylor
* Mowantjie Willauwar
* Mullinger Swamp
* Munyaroo
* Murrunatta
* Mylor
* Myponga
* Nene Valley
* Nepean Bay
* Neptune Islands
* Newland Head
* Ngarkat
* Ngaut Ngaut
* Nicolas Baudin Island
* Nixon-Skinner
* Nuyts Archipelago
* Nuyts Reef
* Olive Island
* Padthaway
* Pandappa
* Para Wirra
* Paranki Lagoon
* Parndana
* Peachna
* Peebinga
* Pelican Lagoon
* Penambol
* Penguin Island
* Penola
* Piccaninnie Ponds
* Pigface Island
* Pike River
* Pine Hill Soak
* Pinkawillinie
* Point Bell
* Point Davenport
* Point Labatt
* Pooginook
* Poonthie Ruwe
* Porter Scrub
* Pualco Range
* Pullen Island
* Pureba
* Ramco Point
* Ramsay
* Red Banks
* Reedy Creek
* Ridley
* Rilli Island
* Rocky Island (North)
* Rocky Island (South)
* Roonka
* Rudall
* Salt Lagoon Islands
* Sandy Creek
* Sceale Bay
* Scott
* Scott Creek
* Seal Bay
* Searcy Bay
* Seddon
* Shannon
* Sheoak Hill
* Simpson
* Sinclair Island
* Sir Joseph Banks Group
* Sleaford Mere
* Spring Gully
* Spring Mount
* Stipiturus
* Swan Reach
* Talapar
* Talisker
* Tallaringa
* Tantanoola Caves
* Telford Scrub
* The Dutchmans Stern
* The Knoll
* The Pages
* The Plug Range
* Thidna
* Tilley Swamp
* Torrens Island
* Troubridge Island
* Tucknott Scrub
* Tumby Island
* Venus Bay
* Verran Tanks
* Vivigani Ardune
* Vivonne Bay
* Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs
* Wahgunyah
* Waitpinga
* Waldegrave Islands
* Wanilla
* Wanilla Land Settlement
* Warren
* Warrenben
* West Island
* Wharminda
* Whidbey Isles
* White Dam
* Whyalla
* Wiljani
* Wills Creek
* Winninowie
* Wittelbee
* Woakwine
* Wolseley Common
* Yalpara
* Yeldulknie
* Yulte
* Yumbarra

Game reserves|

* Bool Lagoon
* Bucks Lake
* Chowilla
* Currency Creek
* Lake Robe
* Loch Luna
* Moorook
* Mud Islands
* Poocher Swamp
* Tolderol

Recreation parks|

* Anstey Hill
* Blackwood Forest
* Brownhill Creek
* Caratoola
* Cobbler Creek
* Granite Island
* Greenhill
* Long Island
* O'Halloran Hill
* Onkaparinga River
* Shepherds Hill
* Sturt Gorge
* Totness

Regional Reserves|

* Chowilla
* Innamincka
* Nullarbor
* Strzelecki
* Yellabinna

Conservation reserves|

* Bernouilli
* Buckleboo
* Bunbury
* Bunkers
* Cortlinye
* Cox Scrub
* Cunyarie
* Desert Camp
* Hardings Springs
* Lacroma
* Moongi
* Mootra
* Pinkawillinie Reservoir
* Poolgarra
* Tola
* Former conservation reserves

Wilderness Protection Areas|

* Billiatt
* Cape Bouguer
* Cape Gantheaume
* Cape Torrens
* Danggali
* Hambridge
* Hincks
* Investigator Group
* Memory Cove
* Nullarbor
* Nuyts Archipelago
* Ravine des Casoars
* Western River
* Yellabinna

Other protected areas|

* Arkaroola Protection Area

Former protected areas|

* Investigator Group
* Isles of St Francis
* Katarapko
* Mount Rescue
* Mount Shaugh
* Port Gawler
* Scorpion Springs
* Telowie Gorge

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* Marine protected areas of South Australia
* List of protected areas in Adelaide

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