Ngaut Ngaut Conservation Park

Open dai­ly.

Clo­sures and safety

This park is closed on days of Cat­a­stroph­ic Fire Dan­ger and may also be closed on days of Extreme Fire Danger.

You can deter­mine the cur­rent fire dan­ger rat­ing by check­ing the Fire Ban Dis­trict map on the CFS website.

Check the CFS web­site or call the CFS Bush­fire Infor­ma­tion Hot­line 1800 362 361 for:

• Infor­ma­tion on fire bans and cur­rent fire conditions
• Cur­rent CFS warn­ings and incidents
• Infor­ma­tion on what to do in the event of a fire.

Lis­ten to your local area radio sta­tion for the lat­est updates and infor­ma­tion on fire safety.

Man­num Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Asso­ci­a­tion Inc.
Address: 4030 Hunter Road, Nil­dot­tie SA 5238
Mobile: 0475 914 632
Email: ivy.​campbell12@​gmail.​com

Ngaut Ngaut Con­ser­va­tion Park is locat­ed along the west side of the Riv­er Mur­ray approx­i­mate­ly 12 kms south of Swan Reach and close to the Nil­dot­tie Town­ship. It is approx­i­mate­ly 170km north of Adelaide.

You can access the park by either the Walk­er Flat-Man­num Road or the Swan Reach – Walk­er Flat Road, via Hunter Road and Purnong Road. Both require cross­ing via a fer­ry if you are com­ing from the Man­num side of the River.

In recog­ni­tion of the cul­tur­al sig­nif­i­cance of this park we request that you con­tact the Man­num Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Asso­ci­a­tion pri­or to plan­ning a vis­it to the park.

• Park map

Assis­tance dogs are per­mit­ted in most pub­lic places and are there­fore wel­come in South Australia’s parks and reserves. Assis­tance dogs must be appro­pri­ate­ly restrained on a lead and remain under your effec­tive con­trol at all times while in a park or reserve.

As per the dogs in parks and reserves pol­i­cy, if the dog is not an accred­it­ed assis­tance dog, they must be trained to assist a per­son with a dis­abil­i­ty to alle­vi­ate that dis­abil­i­ty and meet stan­dards of hygiene and behav­iour appro­pri­ate for a dog in a pub­lic place. How­ev­er, refusal may be giv­en if the per­son with the dis­abil­i­ty is unable to pro­duce evi­dence the dog is an assis­tance dog with the appro­pri­ate training.

Before tak­ing your assis­tance dog into a park that does not nor­mal­ly allow dogs, it is high­ly rec­om­mend­ed that you con­tact us so we can pro­vide you with the lat­est infor­ma­tion on any poten­tial haz­ards with­in spe­cif­ic parks that may affect your dog. Please con­tact the park via the con­tact details pro­vid­ed under the con­tact tab or con­tact the vis­i­tor ser­vice cen­tre via email or on Face­book.

Dogs are not per­mit­ted in this park.

Dis­cov­er which parks you can walk your dog in on our find a park tool or read 12 dog-friend­ly walks in Ade­laide Parks by Good Liv­ing for inspiration.

• Ngaut Ngaut: an inter­pre­tive cul­tur­al guide

• Parks man­age­ment plans
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• SA Marine Parks

• Impor­tant: Col­lec­tion of fire­wood with­in Nation­al Parks is pro­hib­it­ed. Dead wood plays a vital role in pro­vid­ing shel­ter for ani­mals and adding nutri­ents to the soil.

Flo­ra and fau­na species lists

To down­load flo­ra (plants) and fau­na (ani­mals) species lists for this park, use the ​‘Cre­ate Sim­ple Species List’ tab under ​‘Flo­ra Tools’ or ​‘Fau­na Tools’ in NatureMaps.

The Ngaut Ngaut Co-man­age­ment Board is proud to be able to man­age the Ngaut Ngaut Con­ser­va­tion Park. The co-man­age­ment mod­el pro­vides the frame­work for MACAI (Man­num Abo­rig­i­nal Com­mu­ni­ty Asso­ci­a­tion Incor­po­rat­ed) and DEWNR to share respon­si­bil­i­ty for the park.

Unlike most oth­er co-man­aged parks in South Aus­tralia, co-man­age­ment of Ngaut Ngaut Con­ser­va­tion Park has occurred inde­pen­dent­ly of the native title set­tle­ment process. The Ngan­gu­raku and Ngai­wang peo­ple have an ancient and strong con­nec­tion and involve­ment with the land and waters of this area and this con­tin­ues to this day.

Word from the Ngaut Ngaut Con­ser­va­tion Park Co-man­age­ment Board

We are active­ly involved in pro­tect­ing and man­ag­ing the nat­ur­al and cul­tur­al val­ues of the park. Expe­ri­enced guides from the MACAI take tourists and school groups on tours to pro­mote cross-cul­tur­al under­stand­ing. Vis­i­tors learn about Ngan­gu­raku and Ngai­wang peo­ple and tra­di­tions, Dream­ings and oral his­to­ries, rock art and archae­o­log­i­cal exca­va­tions, and the park’s flo­ra and fauna.

The park pro­tects exten­sive rock engrav­ings and sig­nif­i­cant sites that con­tin­ue to be impor­tant to our peo­ple today, evi­dence that Ngan­gu­raku and Ngai­wang peo­ple have been part of this coun­try for eons.

The Board’s vision for the park is to pro­tect envi­ron­men­tal and cul­tur­al sites and objects of val­ue to Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ple and their cul­ture while play­ing a role, through tourism and school vis­its, in rais­ing aware­ness of Abo­rig­i­nal cul­ture and her­itage and the envi­ron­ment in the wider community.

• Ngaut Ngaut: an inter­pre­tive cul­tur­al guide

First Nations peo­ples have occu­pied, enjoyed and man­aged the lands and waters of this state for thou­sands of gen­er­a­tions. For First Nations peo­ples, cre­ation ances­tors laid down the laws of the Coun­try and bestowed a range of cus­tom­ary rights and oblig­a­tions to the many Abo­rig­i­nal Nations across our state.

There are many places across the state that have great spir­i­tu­al sig­nif­i­cance to First Nations peo­ples. At some of these places, Abo­rig­i­nal cul­tur­al pro­to­cols such as restrict­ed access are pro­mot­ed, and vis­i­tors are asked to respect the wish­es of Tra­di­tion­al Owners.

In places where pro­to­cols are not pro­mot­ed vis­i­tors are asked to show respect by not touch­ing or remov­ing any­thing, and make sure you take all your rub­bish with you when you leave.

First Nations peo­ples con­tin­ue to play an active role in car­ing for their Coun­try, includ­ing in parks across South Australia.

• DEW Park management
• DEW Abo­rig­i­nal partnerships