Walking restrictions on Lake Eyre
ABCRachel Mealey: Tourists will soon be restricted from walking on Australia's largest salt lake under a new management plan for the national park in South Australia's far north. Lake Eyre in Outback South Australia covers an area of around 9,500 square kilometres and is mostly dry, but occasionally turns into an oasis when the lake floods. Luke Radford: So Lake Eyre is basically an ephemeral salt lake that is about 700 kilometres or eight hours away from Adelaide up in the north in Outback South Australia and it is a really truly extraordinary place. Luke Radford: And of course this plan has also been welcomed particularly by the traditional owners the Arabana Aboriginal Corporation and their chair Bronwyn Dodd who told the ABC that they're really proud to share this part of the country and the story that belongs here but they also have a cultural responsibility to protect it and preserve the lake and all that lies within it and sort of surrounding their way of life.
History of this topic
Recreational access banned on Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
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Proposed Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre management plan to ban recreational access without cultural permission
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Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre tourists turn back as Level Post Bay's public track closed in peak season
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South Australia's outback given new lease on life after recent floods
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Lake Eyre in Central Australia is filling in a way not seen for 45 years
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Lake Eyre flood lures tourists to 'once-in-a-lifetime' spectacle providing outback businesses with key lifeline
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Tourists and feral animals flock to Lake Eyre as floodwaters end 1,000km journey
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