{{Short description|Protected area in South Australia}} {{Other uses|Acraman (disambiguation){{!}}Acraman}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Acraman Creek Conservation Park | image = Acraman Creek Conservation Park.jpg | image_caption = Acraman Creek estuary | image_alt = | iucn_category = vi | iucn_ref = <ref name=CAPAD2016SASum>{{cite web|title= Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab ) |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/761994ab-42cc-4f24-952c-c21221861884/files/capad2016sa.xlsx |work=CAPAD 2016|publisher=Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) |access-date=21 February 2018 |date=2016}}</ref> | coordinates = {{coord|32.451581082|S|134.067011553|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/> | map = South Australia | map_alt = | map_width = 200px | relief = | label = Acraman Creek Conservation Park | label_position = | location = [[South Australia]] | established = 12 September 1991<ref name="SAGG-1991">{{cite web |last1=Blevins |first1=F.T. |title=NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 SECTIONS 30 AND 43: CONSTITUTION OF, AND MINING IN, CONSERVATION PARK |url=http://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1991/98/796.pdf |website=The South Australian Government Gazette |publisher=South Australian Government |access-date=30 May 2018 |page=796 |date=12 September 1991}}</ref> | area_km2 = 39.53 | area_ref = <ref name="ReserveList">{{cite web|title=Protected Areas Information System Reserve List |url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/park_management/protected-areas-reserve-list-march2018-gen.pdf |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=26 April 2018 |date=9 March 2018 }}</ref> | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | website = http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_Park/Browse_by_region/Eyre_Peninsula/Acraman_Creek_Conservation_Park | nearest_city = [[Smoky Bay, South Australia|Smoky Bay]]<ref name="LMV">{{cite web|title=Search results for 'Acraman Creek Conservation Park' with the following datasets selected - 'NPW and Conservation Properties', 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer' |url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/?map=roads&x=134.18292&y=-32.47922&z=11&uids=41,19,115,105&pinx=134.059150&piny=-32.447120&pinTitle=Location&pinText=Acraman+Creek+Conservation+Park,+Park |website=Location SA Map Viewer|publisher=South Australian Government|access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref> | nearest_town = | governing_body = [[Department for Environment and Water (South Australia)|Department for Environment and Water]] }}
'''Acraman Creek Conservation Park''' is a [[protected area]] located in [[South Australia]] on the northern side of Streaky Bay on the western side of the [[Eyre Peninsula]], about halfway between the towns of [[Ceduna, South Australia|Ceduna]] and [[Streaky Bay, South Australia|Streaky Bay]].
The conservation park occupies land in Allotments 10 and 11 of Deposited Plan No. 30252 in the cadastral units of the Hundreds of [[Hundred of Wallanippie|Wallanippie]] and [[Hundred of Haslam|Haslam]].<ref name="SAGG-1991"/> It was proclaimed on 12 September 1991 under the ''[[National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972]]'' with its name being derived from '''Acraman Creek''', a stream located within its boundaries.<ref name=LMV/><ref name="SAGG-1991"/> As of 2018, it covered an area of {{convert|39.53|km2}}.<ref name="ReserveList"/>
It contains the Acraman Creek estuary, ocean beaches, sand dunes, [[mangrove]], [[samphire]] and [[mallee Woodlands and Shrublands|mallee]] habitats. It is an important feeding location for many coastal birds, including migratory waders such as [[sandpiper]]s and [[stilt]]s that journey from the Arctic Circle.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}
A bush camping ground and the ocean beach is accessible by conventional vehicles, but access to boat launching facilities at Port Lindsey on Acraman Creek requires a four-wheel drive. Slightly offshore is the remains of a shipwreck when whaling was performed in the area.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}
Activities in the conservation park include bush camping (permit required), fishing, boating, canoeing and birdwatching.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}
The conservation park is classified as an [[IUCN protected area categories#Category VI – protected area with sustainable use of natural resources|IUCN Category VI protected area]].<ref name=CAPAD2016SASum/> During the 1990s, the conservation park were listed on the former [[Register of the National Estate]].<ref name=AHD>{{cite AHD|19761|Acraman Creek Conservation Park - listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate| date=1992|access-date=29 August 2018 }}</ref>
==See also== * [[Protected areas of South Australia]] * [[John Acraman]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/Find_a_Park/Browse_by_region/Eyre_Peninsula/Acraman_Creek_Conservation_Park Acraman Creek Conservation Park official webpage] *[http://www.protectedplanet.net/acraman-creek-conservation-park Acraman Creek Conservation Park webpage on protected planet] {{Protected areas of South Australia|state=collapsed}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Acraman Creek Conservation Park}} [[Category:Conservation parks of South Australia]] [[Category:1991 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1991]] [[Category:Eyre Peninsula]] [[Category:South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate]]