Mount Billy Conservation Park

Where is it?: Mount Billy Conservation Park is off the Hindmarsh Tiers Road c. 13km N of Victor Harbor. It is adjacent to Hindmarsh Valley Reservoir.

Owner: Department for Environment and Water.

Property summary: Total area 198 hectares. Hundred of Encounter Bay – Allotment 72

Landscape Management Region: Hills and Fleurieu

History: This park was proclaimed on 12 August 1999.

Habitat: This park represents some of the best preserved mallee and forest communities within the southern Mount Lofty Ranges. Main habitats within the park:

• Low woodland – Pink Gum (Eucalyptus fasciculosa), +/- Brown Stringybark (E. baxteri), +/- cup gum (E. cosmophylla), golden wattle (Acacia pycnantha) over (Xanthorrhoea semiplana)
• Woodland – Pink Gum (Eucalyptus fasciculosa), +/- South Australian Blue Gum (E. leucoxylon) over Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha)

Total Species Recorded to Date: 79 (non-passerines 28, passerines 51)

Common Species: Superb Fairywren, Eastern Spinebill, Crescent Honeyeater, Brown Thornbill, Grey Shrikethrush, Australian Golden Whistler

Less Common Species: Sacred Kingfisher, Common Bronzewing, Red-rumped Parrot, Buff-rumped Thornbill, Yellow Thornbill

Updated: 26/07/2021