Feral animal control continues in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park.
The Department for Environment & Water has advised that the existing feral animal control program being undertaken in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park will continue over the next year.
Multiple walking trails within Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park will be closed every night until Sunday 31 October 2021. Walkers are advised to exercise caution in the area as the trails will be closed for the purpose of a pest control program. The program is being conducted after dark in the vicinity of the following tracks.
- 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
Evening/night time closures will occur through to Sunday 31st October 2021.
As daylight hours vary over the period of the night time control program, there are a range of closure times. They are:
- Saturday 1 November 2020 and Sunday 31 January 2021
9pm to 5am - Sunday 31 January 2021 and Sunday 28 February 2021
8:30pm to 5am - Sunday 28 February 2021 and Friday 30 April 2021
8pm to 5am - Friday 30 April 2021 and Saturday 31 July 2021
6pm to 5am - Saturday 31 July 2021 and Thursday 30 September 2021
6:30pm to 5am - Thursday 30 September 2021 and Sunday 31 October 2021
8:30pm to 5am
The tracks and walking trails will remain open outside of these times.
*Additional summer closures apply to some trails within Wilpena Pound from 6pm Monday 30 November 2020 until 6am Monday 1 March 2021.
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.
During the period of the evening/night closures, the Heysen Trail will remain open.
During the Fire Danger Season, walkers should be aware that most sections of the Heysen Trail are closed.
However, walkers still have access to the section of the trail passes through the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park (and other public areas), unless a total fire ban has been announced for the day.
However walkers must:
- remain in designated campgrounds and huts, or
- camp within 20 metres of the Heysen Trail within the park after dark.
If you are camping in the park, you 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.
Access to the Heysen Trail during the Fire Danger Season
For more information on walker access to the Heysen Trail over the fire danger season, including sections that remain open, check this page.
Further information
You can get further information on the feral animal control program and these trail closures on the Parks Alerts page or from
The National Parks & Wildlife Service – Port Augusta.
Phone: (+61 8) 8648 5300
