NEWS RELEASE 19/12/14

MEDIA CONTACT Jill Freear Christmas opening hours Senior Media Advisor Department of Environment, A number of sites managed by the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Water and Natural Resources Resources will have amended opening hours over the Christmas and New Year period. Phone (08) 8463 7412 Botanic Garden: Open every day, with shortened hours of 9am to 7pm on public Mobile 0428 046 360 Email [email protected] holidays. Adelaide Gaol: Closed Christmas Day and 31 December to 2 January. The New Building, www.environment.sa.gov.au including the hanging chamber, will be closed on 30 December. www.nrm.sa.gov.au

Cleland Wildlife Park: Closed Christmas Day and on days of catastrophic fire danger.

DEWNR Customer Service Centre (Pirie Street, Adelaide): Closed 25 December to

2 January. Kelly Hill Caves: Closed Christmas Day and on days of catastrophic fire danger.

Mount Lofty Botanic Garden: Open every day, with shortened hours of 10am to 5pm on public holidays. Closed on days of severe fire danger. Mount Lofty Summit Visitor Information Centre: Closed Christmas Day and on days of catastrophic fire danger. Open 9am to 5pm on New Year’s Day. Visit www.mtloftysummit.com for opening hours of the Mount Lofty Summit Restaurant. Naracoorte Caves: Closed Christmas Day and on days of catastrophic fire danger. Extended trading hours in the Caves Café over summer. Visit www.naracoortecaves.sa.gov.au for details. Tantanoola Caves: Closed Christmas Day and on days of catastrophic fire danger. Seal Bay: Closed Christmas Day and on days of catastrophic fire danger. State Flora Nurseries: Closed Christmas and New Year’s Day. The Belair Nursery is closed on days of catastrophic fire danger. Wittunga Botanic Garden: Open every day, with shortened opening hours of 10am to 5pm on public holidays. Key national parks and reserves

• : Gates closed on Christmas Day, but still open to walkers. • Cape Willoughby Conservation Park: Visitor centre closed Christmas Day. • Dingley Dell Conservation Park: Dingley Dell Cottage closed Christmas Day. • Flinders Chase National Park: Park visitor centre and Cape Borda Lightstation visitor centre both closed Christmas Day. • Innes National Park: Visitor centre closed Christmas Day. • Martindale Hall Conservation Park: Martindale Hall closed Christmas Day. • Morialta Conservation Park: Gates closed on Christmas Day, but open to walkers. • Para Wirra Recreation Park: Gates closed Christmas Day, but open to walkers. Please note that parks and reserves may be closed when weather conditions are considered to pose a significant fire danger risk to members of the public.

For the most up-to-date information regarding park closures, visit http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/firemanagement/Burns_and_bushfires/Park_and_reserve_ closures