Hincks Wilderness Protection Area

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Hincks Wilderness Protection Area, proclaimed on 30 September 2004, is located on the Eyre Peninsula, approximately 85 kilometres from Port Lincoln and 35 kilometres from Lock (figure 3). The 66,934 hectare wilderness protection area was formerly the Hincks Conservation Park, under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972. The reserve comprises Sections 2 and 3, Hundred of Hincks; Sections 11, 12, 13 and 14, Hundred of Nicholls; Sections 46, 47 and 48, Hundred of Tooligie; Section 25, Hundred of Murlong; and Section 365, Out of Hundreds (Kimba).
Wilderness Quality
Hincks Wilderness Protection Area meets the wilderness criteria to an extent that justifies its protection under the Act. Originally set aside as a flora and fauna reserve in 1941, Hincks Conservation Park is one of the largest expanses of mallee on Eyre Peninsula providing remoteness and isolation from roads. 420 species of vascular plants including 28 orchids have been recorded. Of the 420 species, 91 (including four species of orchid) had not previously been recorded for any other reserve in South Australia.
The Hincks Wilderness Protection Area is mainly dominated by Mallee, with a small portion covered by forest or woodland, or shrubland, and conserves several species of conservation significance. Visitors occasionally use the Hincks Wilderness Protection Area to travel through or to camp on the North-South Track.