Bon Bon Reserve
| Bon Bon Reserve South Australia | |
|---|---|
  Bon Bon Reserve | |
| Nearest town or city | Port Augusta |
| Coordinates | 30°25′26″S 135°28′43″E / 30.42392094°S 135.47856137°ECoordinates: 30°25′26″S 135°28′43″E / 30.42392094°S 135.47856137°E |
| Established | 2008 |
| Area | 2,168 km2 (837.1 sq mi) |
| Managing authorities | Bush Heritage Australia |
| Website | Bon Bon Reserve |
Bon Bon Reserve is a 2168 km2 nature reserve in South Australia, lying between the Great Victoria Desert and the Eyre Peninsula and bisected by the Stuart Highway. It is owned and managed by Bush Heritage Australia (BHA). It forms an important link of protected land between Yellabinna Regional Reserve and Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Conservation Park.
History
Bon Bon was a sheep station for 150 years before being purchased by BHA in 2008 with assistance from the Australian and South Australian governments.[1] The station ran an average of approximately 15,000 head of sheep between 1970 to 1989 with flocks exceeding 23,000 at times prior to this.[2] The owner of Bon Bon Station, Grazier Paul Blight, sold the property to Bush Heritage Australia in 2008 for A$4 million with the state and federal governments sharing in the cost. Blight had kept stock numbers low to give the vegetation a chance to regenerate and wanted the property to continue to be managed in an environmentally sensitive manner.[3]
Landscape and vegetation
Bon Bon is characterised by arid-zone woodlands, mulga shrublands, bluebush plains and salt lakes. At the heart of the property is Lake Puckridge, a large (8 km by 4 km), ephemeral freshwater wetland that only fills, on average, every ten years, when it becomes an important site for many waders and waterbirds. The property also contains stands of Sandalwood.[1]
Fauna
Threatened animal species either known or thought likely to be present on Bon Bon include Plains-wanderer, Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, Chestnut-breasted Whiteface, Thick-billed Grasswren and Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bon Bon Reserve
- ↑ "Bob Bon Heritage Reserve South Australia" (PDF). Hawke Review of the Woomera Protected Area. Defence Department. 3 August 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ Greg Roberts (9 August 2008). "Keeping hands off our lands". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 25 August 2013.