Telowie Gorge Conservation Park and Napperby Block (Mount Remarkable National Park) will be closed from 6am Friday, 24 November 2016 to 6pm Thursday, 1 December 2016.

The purpose of the park closure is to ensure the safety of the public during a pest control program within the parks during the period indicated.

The Heysen Trail passes along the eastern edge of these parks. Hence do not divert from the Heysen Trail and attempt to enter these parks at those times. The Go Cart Track Shelter is alongside the Heysen Trail and within the Telowie Gorge Conservation Park, so this shelter may be closed during these times.

The Heysen Trail in areas outside of conservation parks, forests and public roads are currently closed anyway due to the Fire Danger Season beginning in the Flinders on 4th November 2016.

The parks are north of Crystal Brook and to the west of the Wirrabara Forest.

For Heysen Trail (HT) users:

• Napperby Block is on HT Map Sheet 5B
  or on HT Northern Guide Map 2.5
• Telowie Gorge CP is on HT Map is Sheet 5B & 6A
  or on HT Northern Guide Map 2.6-2.7.
• The Go Cart shelter is on HT Map Sheet 6A
  or on HT Northern Guide Map 2.7

Read more on the National Parks closure page.

A number of tracks within the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park, will be closed each night over the next 11 months.

The purpose of the extended closures is to ensure the safety of the public during a feral cat control program to be conducted after dark. The aim is to protect the populations of recently reintroduced Western Quolls and Brushtail Possums.

The evening closures commence on Thursday, 3 November 2016 and will continue through to Saturday, 30 September 2017.

As daylight hours vary over the period of the control program, there are a range of closure times. They are:

• Thursday, 3 November to Wednesday, 30 November 2016                  8.30pm to 5am
• Wednesday, 30 November 2016 to Tuesday 31 January 2017              9pm to 5am
• Tuesday, 31 January 2017 to Tuesday, 28 February 2017                      8.30pm to 5am
• Tuesday, 28 February 2017 to Sunday, 30 April 2017                            8pm to 5am
• Sunday, 30 April 2017 to Tuesday, 31 July 2017                                      6pm to 5am
• Tuesday, 31 July 2017 to Saturday, 30 September 2017                         6.30pm to 5am

Tracks and walking trails will remain open outside of these times.

The Heysen Trail will remain open at all times, however walkers must:

• remain in designated campgrounds and huts, or
• camp within 20 metres of the Heysen Trail within the park after dark.

Walkers camping in the park may see spotlights and occasionally hear firearms in the distance at night. The Rangers have advised that the control program will not take place in the vicinity of campgrounds or huts.

The tracks that will be closed at night include –

• Trezona Track
• Mount Sunderland Track
• Rifle Range Track
• Old Blinman Track
• Jones Camp Track
• Telegraph Track
• St Mary Peak outside trail
• Cooinda Track
• Pound Gap Track

Further information on the feral animal control program and the nightly trail closures can be obtained from the Natural Resources, SA Arid Lands or by phoning them on (08) 8648 5344 or 0428 116 035.