Part closure of Murray River National Park - Katarapko

Published: 02 October 2026

Envi­ron­men­tal water­ing at Katara­p­ko is sched­uled to occur again this year, with water recent­ly being allo­cat­ed to under­take this oppor­tu­ni­ty which assists to main­tain the health of long lived veg­e­ta­tion such as red gum, black box and lignum. 

Unfor­tu­nate­ly this means the below clo­sures from 2 Octo­ber until 13 Novem­ber 2026:

Clo­sures:

  • Lock 4 Road between Eck­erts Creek North Arm Bridge and Lock 4 closed to the gen­er­al public
  • Camp­sites 4 – 14 affected

Entry/​Access:

  • The park is still acces­si­ble via the Lock 4 entrance on Drap­er Road and the Katara­p­ko entrance on Katara­p­ko Crescent.
  • Access to camp­sites 1 and 2 is via Drap­er Road (Lock 4 Entrance) and access to Lock 4 and camp­sites 15 — 55 is via the Katara­p­ko Cres­cent (Katara­p­ko Entrance)