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Use of the map is at the user's sole risk and the information contained on the map E Bunker Hill P may be subject to change without notice. A C Cartography by DEW, Mapland - 2021 Hanson Bay Sanderson Visit parks.sa.gov.au SOUTHERN OCEAN Bay Get the Avenza Maps app to use park maps on your phone. Weirs Cove Remarkable Rocks Cape du Couedic lighthouse and Admirals Arch For more information, contact: SOUTHERN OCEAN Department for Environment and Water North Casuarina CAPE DU COUEDIC E: [email protected] SANCTUARY ZONE P: 08 8207 7700 The bushfire and recovery story of Flinders Chase National Park The 2019-20 summer bushfires on Kangaroo Island were the largest in the island’s recorded Recovery journey of Flinders Chase history. More than 200,000 hectares of the Work is underway by National Parks and Wildlife Service 440,500-hectare island was burnt – that’s South Australia (NPWSSA) to help affected parks and almost half the island. Hundreds of firefighters reserves recover. This has included supporting native wildlife recovery, rebuilding visitor facilities and creating a were involved, supported by other agencies, process to reimagine nature-based tourism in these private industry and the local community. special places.
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