Chadinga Conservation Park, formerly the Chadinga Conservation Reserve, is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

in the Australian state of

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

located in the Chadinga Dunes on the western side of Lake MacDonnell, in the locality of Penong. The park is classified as an

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Category VI protected area. The conservation park covers of coastal dunes, containing a lake and areas of Mallee scrub. It is commonly called "Tuckamore" by local people. The dunes extend up to 3 km inland and form a habitat for the

spinifex hopping mouse The spinifex hopping mouse (''Notomys alexis''), also known as the tarkawara or tarrkawarra, occurs throughout the central and western Australian arid zones, occupying both spinifex-covered sand flats and stabilised sand dunes, and loamy mulga ...

. The conservation park has no visitor facilities, although bush camping is permitted. The Dinosaur Ant (''

Nothomyrmecia macrops ''Nothomyrmecia'', also known as the dinosaur ant or dawn ant, is an extremely rare genus of ants consisting of a single species, ''Nothomyrmecia macrops''. These ants live in South Australia, nesting in Old-growth forest, old-growth Mallee Wood ...

''), noted as a "living fossil", is found within the conservation park. The lake is the largest of several salt lakes in the area - others include Red Lake (a small section of Lake MacDonnell cut off by the Penong to Point Sinclair/Cactus Beach road) and

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, a smaller lake to the south of Lake MacDonnell.

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External links

Chadinga Conservation Park webpage on protected planet
Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 1993 1993 establishments in Australia {{SouthAustralia-protected-area-stub

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