A hiker walks beside a still rock pool in Alligator Gorge, surrounded by towering red sandstone cliffs in Mount Remarkable National Park, South Australia. Native gum trees and green vegetation grow along the narrow gorge, with reflections of the cliffs and trees mirrored in the water below.

Prescribed burn on Kangaroo Island

Date posted: 03 Oct. 2025

A prescribed burn is planned on private land at MacGillivray-Locketts Track, 4km west of D’Estrees Bay settlement on Kangaroo Island, on Saturday, October 4, weather conditions permitting.

  • The prescribed burn will start at 11.30am and is likely to be completed by 6pm. Flames and smoke may be visible within the burn area for several days.
  • The area to be burnt is 70 hectares.
  • This is a landscape protection burn.
  • Smoke may affect D'Estrees Bay Bay Road, the D'Estrees Bay settlement and Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park recreation sites.

National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) crews will remain on site until safe. NPWS conducts a statewide program of prescribed burns to reduce the spread and intensity of bushfires, protect communities and enhance biodiversity.

Prescribed burning is just one tool used to reduce fuel loads across strategic areas of public and private land.

Prescribed burns will only be carried out when it is deemed safe to do so and may be cancelled at short notice.

For the most up-to-date information and to find a list of planned prescribed burns, visit the DEW website.

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Acknowledgement of Country

The state government acknowledges Aboriginal people as the First Peoples and Nations of the lands and waters we live and work upon and we pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual connection and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to Country.

We work in partnership with the First Peoples of South Australia and support their Nations to take a leading role in caring for their Country.