Kanku-Breakaways Conservation Park

Open dai­ly.

Entry fees apply unless you are a Coober Pedy res­i­dent or an Antakir­in­ja Matun­t­jara Yankun­yt­jat­jara person.

Vehi­cle entry fees

Vehi­cle entry: $11.00
Vehi­cle entry (con­ces­sion): $9.00

Fees col­lect­ed are used for con­ser­va­tion and to main­tain and improve park facilities.

Book online.

Entry per­mits can be pur­chased from:

Coober Pedy Vis­i­tor Infor­ma­tion Cen­tre — Dis­trict Coun­cil of Coober Pedy
Hutchi­son St, Coober Pedy
Phone: (+61 8) 8672 4617
Toll Free: 1800 637 076
Coober Pedy Vis­i­tor Infor­ma­tion Centre

Under­ground Books
Post Office Hill Rd, Coober Pedy
Phone: (+61 8) 8672 5558

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.

Vis­i­tor infor­ma­tion and bookings

Dis­trict Coun­cil of Coober Pedy
Hutchi­son St, Coober Pedy
Phone: (+61 8) 8672 4600
Coober Pedy Vis­i­tor Infor­ma­tion Centre

Park man­age­ment:

Exec­u­tive Offi­cer
Kanku-Break­aways Con­ser­va­tion Park Co-Man­age­ment Board
Phone: (+61) 499982999
Email: breakaways@​cpcouncil.​sa.​gov.​au

Emer­gency contacts:

Med­ical, fire (includ­ing bush­fire) and police emer­gency sit­u­a­tions
Phone: Triple Zero — 000

Police Assis­tance
Phone: 131 444 for non-urgent police assistance

Nation­al Parks and Wildlife Ser­vice SA – After-hours duty offi­cer
Phone: 0408 378 284

Injured wildlife:

With­in the park
Please con­tact Port Augus­ta Nation­al Parks Wildlife Ser­vice South Aus­tralia office on (08) 8648 5300 or the after-hours duty offi­cer on 0408 378 284.

Out­side of the park
Please con­tact a local wildlife res­cue group

Kanku-Break­aways Con­ser­va­tion Park is locat­ed 25km north of Coober Pedy. Access is via the Stu­art High­way or Kempe Road (Oodnna­dat­ta Road).

• 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 wel­come in this park.

Please ensure you:

• Keep your dog under con­trol and on a lead no more than two metres in length.
• Stick to des­ig­nat­ed walk­ing trails.
• Bring dis­pos­able bags to clean up your dog’s fae­ces (please be aware there are no bins in nation­al parks).

Dis­cov­er oth­er 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.

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.

• Remote area trav­el information
• Parks man­age­ment plans
• Trails SA
• SA Marine Parks

Out­back Road Report

1300 361 033 (24-hour auto­mat­ed ser­vice)
North­ern and West­ern South Aus­tralian Out­back Roads Tem­po­rary Clo­sures, Restric­tions and Warn­ings Report

• 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.

The Kanku-Break­aways Con­ser­va­tion Park is co-man­aged by the Antakir­in­ja Matu-Yankun­t­jart­jara Abo­rig­i­nal Cor­po­ra­tion (AMY­AC), the tra­di­tion­al own­ers of the area. The entire park is a reg­is­tered Abo­rig­i­nal Site under the Abo­rig­i­nal Her­itage Act 1988. You can read the sto­ries about this area and learn about its spir­i­tu­al sig­nif­i­cance at the main look­out infor­ma­tion shelter.

Since 2013, the Kanku-Break­aways Con­ser­va­tion Park has been man­aged by the Kanku-Break­aways Co-man­age­ment Board, a unique co-man­age­ment arrange­ment between the AMY­AC, Dis­trict Coun­cil of Coober Pedy and Gov­ern­ment of South Australia.

Words from the Antakir­in­ja Matu-Yankun­t­jart­jara Abo­rig­i­nal Corporation

The Kanku-Break­aways hold great cul­tur­al and spir­i­tu­al sig­nif­i­cance to our peo­ple, inter­wo­ven with its strik­ing nat­ur­al for­ma­tions, plants and ani­mals. Many fea­tures form part of our sto­ries that weave across the land­scape, extend­ing thou­sands of kilo­me­tres. Man­ag­ing the Kanku and under­tak­ing tra­di­tion­al prac­tices on coun­try are vital to main­tain our strong con­nec­tion to country.

Abo­rig­i­nal peo­ples have occu­pied, enjoyed and man­aged the lands and waters of this State for thou­sands of gen­er­a­tions. For Abo­rig­i­nal first nations, 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 Abo­rig­i­nal first nations. 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.

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

• DEW Park management
• DEW Abo­rig­i­nal partnerships