Nilpena Ediacara National Park in the Flinders Ranges officially opens today, with its centrepiece blacksmith shop housing a state-of-the-art 3D animation experience telling the story of one of the world’s most significant fossil sites some 550 million years in the making.
Etched into rock at a dusty cattle station in outback South Australia is the richest collection of Ediacaran fossils in the world. Now, the site will be open to tourists for the first time.
For the first time, a physiotherapist will join the Royal Flying Doctor Service to help treat chronic pain in South Australian patients living in the vast outback.
Minister for the Environment, the Hon Sussan Ley MP
South Australia Minister for the Environment and Water, the Hon David Speirs MP
The Morrison Government has nominated South Australia’s Flinders Ranges for tentative listing as a UNESCO world heritage site.
Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley said the nomination had been submitted on behalf of the South Australian Government and the area’s Traditional Owners, the Adnyamathanha People, who have been custodians of the land for tens of thousands of years.
“The Flinders Ranges is known for its outstanding aesthetic beauty, diverse landscapes and rich biodiversity, and exceptional scientific values,” Minster Ley said.