www.parks.sa.gov.au March 2013 • FIS 91851 FIS • 2013 March state for the enjoyment of others. others. of enjoyment the for state © Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources Natural and Water Environment, of Department © pastoralists and tourists to follow. follow. to tourists and pastoralists Amytomis Goyderi Amytomis Grasswren Eyrean Cover: Thank you for leaving the bush in its natural natural its in bush the leaving for you Thank tracks, thus opening up the desert for other explorers, explorers, other for desert the up opening thus tracks, • Be considerate of other park users. park other of considerate Be • as the French and QAA lines, Rig Road and other other and Road Rig lines, QAA and French the as could be fatal. be could walking trails. walking at a time in the desert, building what are now known known now are what building desert, the in time a at exceed 50˚. A breakdown during this time time this during breakdown A 50˚. exceed • Keep to defined vehicle tracks and and tracks vehicle defined to Keep • for oil and gas deposits. These workers spent months months spent workers These deposits. gas and oil for is to ensure public safety as temperatures can can temperatures as safety public ensure to is Website www.parks.sa.gov.au Website contracted to conduct seismic surveys and explore explore and surveys seismic conduct to contracted animals or remove native plants. native remove or animals between 1 December and 15 March. This closure closure This March. 15 and December 1 between Pogona vitticeps Pogona Email [email protected] Email Central Bearded Dragon Dragon Bearded Central • Keep wildlife wild. Do not feed or disturb disturb or feed not Do wild. wildlife Keep • In 1936, the French Petroleum Company was was Company Petroleum French the 1936, In Reserve and Conservation Park are closed annually annually closed are Park Conservation and Reserve Phone Information Line (08) 8204 1910 8204 (08) Line Information Phone autumn, winter and spring. Simpson Desert Regional Regional Desert Simpson spring. and winter autumn, heritage sites. heritage Geosurveys of Australia company. Australia of Geosurveys Email [email protected] Email enjoyable times to visit the Simpson Desert are are Desert Simpson the visit to times enjoyable • Respect geological, cultural and and cultural geological, Respect • the first motorised crossing in 1962, with Dr Sprigg’s Sprigg’s Dr with 1962, in crossing motorised first the Freecall 1800 816 078 816 1800 Freecall camping in the true outback of Australia. The most most The Australia. of outback true the in camping Geologist Reg Sprigg and his family completed completed family his and Sprigg Reg Geologist or gas stoves. gas or Desert Parks Hotline Parks Desert properties and to towns and communities. communities. and towns to and properties visitors to cross the desert by four-wheel drive while while drive four-wheel by desert the cross to visitors eastwards via Poeppel Corner to Birdsville. Birdsville. to Corner Poeppel via eastwards • Conserve native habitat by using liquid fuel fuel liquid using by habitat native Conserve • Website www.parks.sa.gov.au Website other Aboriginal people were attracted to work on on work to attracted were people Aboriginal other There are several routes through the parks, allowing allowing parks, the through routes several are There five camels, travelled from Mount Etingambra Etingambra Mount from travelled camels, five to 30 April. Check CFS Hotline 1300 362 361. 362 1300 Hotline CFS Check April. 30 to Phone (08) 8648 5300 Fax (08) 8648 5301 8648 (08) Fax 5300 8648 (08) Phone as pastoral properties took over their land, while while land, their over took properties pastoral as with Peter Ains (an Aboriginal companion) and and companion) Aboriginal (an Ains Peter with marvel at the ever-changing environment. ever-changing the at marvel • Observe fire restrictions, usually 1 November November 1 usually restrictions, fire Observe • 9 Mackay Street Port Augusta SA 5700 SA Augusta Port Street Mackay 9 decimating the population. Groups were displaced displaced were Groups population. the decimating was in 1936 and is credited to E. A. Colson, who, who, Colson, A. E. to credited is and 1936 in was seemingly repetitiveness of the desert while others others while desert the of repetitiveness seemingly SA Arid Lands Arid SA • Take your rubbish with you. with rubbish your Take • introduced influenza to the Aboriginal groups, groups, Aboriginal the to influenza introduced The first successful European crossing of the desert desert the of crossing European successful first The emotions in visitors – some are overwhelmed by the the by overwhelmed are some – visitors in emotions Natural Resources Natural • Leave your pets at home. at pets your Leave • Aboriginal occupation of the desert. White settlers settlers White desert. the of occupation Aboriginal Department of Environment, Water and and Water Environment, of Department of the endless landscape inspires a wide range of of range wide a inspires landscape endless the of the original peg near the corner post. post. corner the near peg original the European settlement brought about the decline of of decline the about brought settlement European these guidelines: these between them seem endless. The sheer magnitude magnitude sheer The endless. seem them between Simpson Desert Parks erected a red gum replica of of replica gum red a erected Parks Desert Simpson Help protect your national parks by following following by parks national your protect Help do not disturb them. disturb not do - the towering crests and vast, flat valleys (or swales) swales) (or valleys flat vast, and crests towering the - to mark Poeppel Corner. In 1989, the Friends of the the of Friends the 1989, In Corner. Poeppel mark to For further information contact: information further For common. All Aboriginal sites are protected, so please please so protected, are sites Aboriginal All common. The sand dunes stretch over hundreds of kilometres kilometres of hundreds over stretch dunes sand The Survey placed the current steel and concrete post post concrete and steel current the placed Survey The National Parks Code Parks National The and workings can be seen in the park, but are not not are but park, the in seen be can workings and On 25 August 1968, Bill Haylock of the SA Geodetic Geodetic SA the of Haylock Bill 1968, August 25 On and sand ridge formations to be protected. be to formations ridge sand and the North Flinders Ranges. Some stone implements implements stone Some Ranges. Flinders North the Trust of South Australia's Historic Relics Collection. Collection. Relics Historic Australia's South of Trust allows a wide cross-section of diverse flora, fauna fauna flora, diverse of cross-section wide a allows were sandstone grinding stones and ochre from from ochre and stones grinding sandstone were by Dr Reg Sprigg and now forms part of the History History the of part forms now and Sprigg Reg Dr by covers 29 191 sq km, the conservation park, 6 881 sq km) km) sq 881 6 park, conservation the km, sq 191 29 covers axes from quarries in Queensland were traded, as as traded, were Queensland in quarries from axes was removed to Adelaide for preservation in 1962 1962 in preservation for Adelaide to removed was enormous size of the parks (the regional reserve reserve regional (the parks the of size enormous • Bag and carry out all rubbish. rubbish. all out carry and Bag • with groups to the north and south. Ground-edge Ground-edge south. and north the to groups with in 1880. The original peg marking Poeppel Corner Corner Poeppel marking peg original The 1880. in conservation park with Witjira National Park. The The Park. National Witjira with park conservation burn toilet paper. toilet burn and gatherers, but they also traded extensively extensively traded also they but gatherers, and Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia Australia South and Queensland Territory, Northern regional reserve was established in 1988, linking the the linking 1988, in established was reserve regional • Bury toilet waste well away from water and and water from away well waste toilet Bury • Aboriginal groups living in this area were hunters hunters were area this in living groups Aboriginal Poeppel who surveyed the junction of the borders of of borders the of junction the surveyed who Poeppel to conservation park classification in 1972. The The 1972. in classification park conservation to will cause pollution. cause will Notable among the early surveyors was Augustus Augustus was surveyors early the among Notable the flush of new life that rain brings to the desert. desert. the to brings rain that life new of flush the proclaimed as a national park in 1967, but changed changed but 1967, in park national a as proclaimed even a small amount of soap or detergent detergent or soap of amount small a even these sites, taking advantage of groundwater and and groundwater of advantage taking sites, these The Simpson Desert Conservation Park was originally originally was Park Conservation Desert Simpson The number of the familiar landmarks in the area. the in landmarks familiar the of number • Avoid washing close to water supplies, as as supplies, water to close washing Avoid • In good seasons they could spread out away from from away out spread could they seasons good In Sturt, mainly government surveyors, named a a named surveyors, government mainly Sturt, and Witjira National Park. National Witjira and Minimal impact Minimal Australian Branch). The explorers who came after after came who explorers The Branch). Australian provided the only permanent source of water. water. of source permanent only the provided Conservation Park, Simpson Desert Regional Reserve Reserve Regional Desert Simpson Park, Conservation Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South (South Australasia of Society Geographical Royal concentrated around native wells, or ‘Mikiri’ which which ‘Mikiri’ or wells, native around concentrated divided into three protected areas, Simpson Desert Desert Simpson areas, protected three into divided subsequent expedition and then president of the the of president then and expedition subsequent partly in the desert.