![]() ![]() They are our special places, where we can appreciate the beauty of nature, where children and adults alike can have fun, relax and de-stress. These are the places that we love to go, to camp, hike, surf, watch the birds and animals, have a picnic or take photographs. South Australia has set aside close to a fifth of the state for protection in more than 300 national parks and reserves. You are standing near the entrance to Bat Cave in the Naracoorte Caves World Heritage Area, the hairs on your arms standing on end as you wait for thousands of endangered southern bentwing bats to begin flying out into the warm twilight to look for food. ![]() You catch a glimpse of an osprey fishing and remember the winter you saw southern right whales breaching along the coast. You are in your four-wheel drive, tackling a steep dune along the Wanna 4WD track in Lincoln National Park. A kookaburra calls from a nearby tree and a pair of rosellas zoom in front of you. You are walking the trails on a warm day in Morialta National Park and you have already seen 11 koalas napping in the forks of the gum trees. The morning chorus of birds is singing in the giant river red gums all around you, kangaroos are grazing on the creek banks and emus are beginning to wander through the campground. You are sitting outside your tent in Mambray Creek in Mt Remarkable National Park just after dawn, drinking a cup of tea. You can smell the ocean and see it blend into the horizon far off in the distance. You are standing at the lookout in Yorke Peninsula’s Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park, overlooking the wreck of the Ethel, watching the waves pound in and wash around the skeleton of the broken ship. You can see down to the township of Melrose and forever out across the Flinders Ranges. If you’ve got any questions or want more information on this project, please send us an email at or contact the project lead Dr Paula Hooper at. You have climbed to the top of Mount Remarkable and the sun is starting the set, turning the rock all around you a blazing red. Approval to conduct this research has been provided by the University of Western Australia Human Ethics Committee, in accordance with its ethics review and approval procedures. ![]()
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