Full closure of Murray River National Park

Flood waters are now slow­ly start­ing to recede, allow­ing for areas on high­er ground in Katara­p­ko to be reopened. How­ev­er, most of our wet­lands and flood­plains will remain flood­ed or inac­ces­si­ble for some time. There­fore, all camp­sites and almost all access roads/​tracks remain closed.

Katara­p­ko camp­ground — Par­tial­ly open for Day Vis­it­ing only (refer to maps). Day Vis­i­tors are wel­come in Katara­p­ko but please ensure you remain on estab­lished roads and tracks. Dri­ving off-road will cause more dam­age to the envi­ron­ment and park infra­struc­ture, pos­si­bly extend­ing the clo­sure peri­od for the remain­ing areas of the Park. A fine is also pos­si­ble.
Closed Areas — Lock 4 entrance, Drap­er Rd, and Eck­ert Creek entrance, bot­tom end of Crag­gs Road, Lock 4 Road and Katara­p­ko Way. All walk­ing and bike trails with the excep­tion of Crag­gs Hut Walk­ing Trail

Open Areas- Katara­p­ko Creek entrance from Katara­p­ko Cres­cent, Crag­gs Road from the entrance to just past camp­sites 42 – 44, and Mallee Track. Lim­it­ed access also to boat launch and car park areas along Crag­gs Road

Lyrup Flats camp­ground — 
Strict­ly no vehi­cle access, no camp­ing allowed. Vis­i­tors may still access these areas by walk­ing, bike rid­ing, canoe or small boat if safe to do so. Please remain on estab­lished roads and tracks.

Paringa Pad­dock
Strict­ly no vehi­cle access. Vis­i­tors may still access these areas by walk­ing, bike rid­ing, canoe or small boat if safe to do so. Please remain on estab­lished roads and tracks.

Kingston-on-Mur­ray — CLOSED
No access

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion on the flood­ing and safe­ty infor­ma­tion please vis­it https://​www​.sa​.gov​.au/​t​o​p​ics/e…

Ranger staff are cur­rent­ly assess­ing the dam­age and risk caused by the flood in all of our parks. The pri­or­i­ty is to fix up roads and camp­sites and have some of them open soon for day vis­it­ing only. Camp­site clean-up will take months and they will only reopen when safe to do so. Dang­gali Con­ser­va­tion Park remains open with camp­sites avail­able for book­ing. Poogi­nook and Cooltong Con­ser­va­tion Parks are also great places to spend the day.

If you have a book­ing, please con­tact the Berri Region­al Office on 85952111 or email DEW.​RMonlinebookings@​sa.​gov.​au to request a refund or rebook for anoth­er time.

Katara­p­ko Map 

Katara­p­ko North Map 

Addi­tion­al Park Clo­sure details.

Things to do in River­land parks dur­ing high water.