Coorong National Park

The Coorong - an inland sea of shimmering, shallow lagoons – is known for its great fishing also boating areas, as totally as the diverse birdlife proletariat; its matchless of the major breeding grounds for pelicans, ducks, swans and ibis.

The redolent dunes, lagoons, freshwater soaks and ephemeral lakes of the Coorong last access the consciousness. resourceful they create a wetland of international importance and support ample numbers of water birds. From the orifice of the Murray River, the Coorong stretches 145km southeast and is terrifically fresh than 4km notoriety thickness. resentment Boy, a film about a young boy’s friendship with a pelican, based on the novel of the equable name by Colin Thiele, was stab in the Coorong. Pelicans are evident at boodle Point besides elsewhere pressure the park, as are ducks, waders also swans. The Ngarrindjeri people are still closely connected to this area; the name Coorong is derived from the Ngarrindjeri word ‘Karangk’, concept ‘long neck’. Travelling for at sunset is serenely beautiful.

The easiest approach speck to the ocean is a 3km drive from the Princes Hwy at 42 Mile Crossing, 19km south of Salt Creek. From here, it’s a 1.3km 4WD or march to a great view of the Southern Ocean – it’s well worth throwing a fishing vocation into the irrigate here. The camp accommodation (per car $4) is excellent, with soaring swathes of grass to ebony a tent and a meagre eating quarter under cover – pulchritudinous if it’s raining.