Reedy Creek Conservation Park

Reedy Creek Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia in the localities of Clay Wells and Greenways about 300 kilometres (190 mi) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of the town of Beachport. The conservation park consists of land in the following cadastral unit - section 227 of the Hundred of Kennion, section 228 of the Hundred of Fox and sections 154 and 186 of the Hundred of Smith and which occupies the watercourse of Reedy Creek from Clay Wells Road (also known as the Robe - Reedy Creek road) in the south for a distance of about 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi). It was proclaimed on 8 March 1973 as a conservation park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 in respect to sections 154, 227 and 228. On 24 April 1986, Section 186 of the Hundred of Smith was added to the conservation park by proclamation. Both proclamations included the requirement for the South Eastern Drainage Board to have “having full, free and unrestricted right and liberty” to enter the conservation park to carry out duties and functions described in the South Eastern Drainage Act 1931. It was proclaimed because of “its fine stand of river red gums”, however the land continued to be grazed until 1978 due to the existence of a lease over the land. As of 2016, it covered an area of 147 hectares (360 acres). In 1980,

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