Hincks Conservation Park

Hincks Conservation Park is a protected mallee wilderness on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, near Tooligie in the District Council of Elliston. Covering about 88.78 square kilometres, it was first proclaimed in 1941 as Hincks National Park. The park conserves extensive mallee woodland, heath and broombush, and is notable for its remote, undeveloped character and important habitat for the vulnerable malleefowl and other mallee-dependent birds.

Visitors can expect a remote, undeveloped conservation park dominated by dense mallee eucalypt woodland, heath and broombush with sandy soils. There are no developed visitor facilities or marked walking trails. Access is via unsealed internal tracks suitable for high-clearance 4WD vehicles. The experience is focused on nature observation, birdwatching, photography and seasonal wildflower viewing in a quiet, isolated bush setting.

First proclaimed on 1 January 1941 as Hincks National Park and named after Sir Cecil Stephen Hincks, later re-proclaimed on 27 April 1972 as Hincks Conservation Park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972. It was established to conserve representative mallee ecosystems of the Eyre Peninsula.