__NOTOC__ Moody Tank Conservation Park is a

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located in the

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on the

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about north-east of

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. In 2007, the conservation park was described by its managing authority as follows:

Moody Tank Conservation Park was proclaimed on 7 December 2006 under the ''
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 Protected areas of South Australia, consisting of protected areas located within South Australia and its immediate onshore waters and which are managed by South Australian Government agencies. As of 2018, South Australia contained 359 separat ...
'', to protect and conserve endemic, remnant vegetation and a site of heritage significance. The park was proclaimed without access under State mining legislation. Moody Tank Conservation Park contains four major vegetation communities, one of which (''
Eucalyptus peninsularis ''Eucalyptus peninsularis'', commonly known as Cummins mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to a small area of South Australia. It has smooth, greyish or brownish bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven ...
'', '' E. leptophylla'' and '' E. pileata'' open mallee) is listed as threatened in South Australia. The park also protects numerous plant species of conservation significance and provides suitable habitat for the nationally vulnerable Granite Mudwort (''Limosella granitica'').

The conservation park is located in the locality of Ungarra and be accessed from its south side by a road named Yeelana Road which connects to the

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in the east and the

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in the west. The conservation park includes the Moody Rocks Water Tank (also known as the Moody Reservoir) which is listed on the

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and is the feature from which the conservation park's name is derived. The water tank was constructed in 1913 to supply water to

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s using the railway line located on the south side of Yeelana Road which is a branch of the

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. The conservation park is classified as an

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Category III protected area.

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External links

Entry for Moody Tank Conservation Park on Protected Planet
{{Protected areas of South Australia, state=collapsed Conservation parks of South Australia Protected areas established in 2006 2006 establishments in Australia Eyre Peninsula

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