About Coorong National Park
Coorong National Park is a large coastal national park in South Australia, stretching about 130 kilometres southeast from near the Murray Mouth to Kingston SE. It protects a narrow lagoon system separated from the Southern Ocean by the Younghusband Peninsula dunes. Notable as a Ramsar-listed wetland of international importance, it is renowned for its long saline lagoons, extensive sand dunes, diverse waterbird populations and significance to the Ngarrindjeri people.
Visitors guide
Visitors can expect a remote coastal wilderness of long, shallow saline lagoons, white sand dunes of the Younghusband Peninsula, and ocean beach on the Southern Ocean side. The park offers birdwatching hides, walking trails, 4WD tracks along the beach and dunes, designated campgrounds, boat ramps for kayaking and boating on the Coorong lagoons, and interpretive information about Ngarrindjeri culture and wetland ecology. Facilities are basic and distances are long.
Key highlights
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Ramsar-listed wetland system of the Coorong lagoons separated from the Southern Ocean by Younghusband Peninsula
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Important habitat for more than 240 bird species including pelicans, swans and migratory waders
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Extensive coastal dune system and 130 km of undeveloped coastline
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Cultural landscape of the Ngarrindjeri people with long-standing connection to land and waters