Sturt National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park in Australia
About Sturt National Park
The park was founded in 1972 and was named after Charles Sturt, who was a colonial British explorer who led numerous expeditions in inland Australia. The park was also featured in a British documentary "Planet Earth" and is home to parts of the Dingo Fence – a fence put up to prevent dingoes coming to the fertile parts of the southeast. The park is large, covering more than340,000 hectares (840,000 acres)of arid area. The east sides of the park has flood plains, some trees and small rocky gorges and creek beds, meanwhile, Lake Pinnaroo, near Fort Grey, is a Ramsar listed wetland. At least 31 species of mammals, 67 species of reptiles and 197 bird species have been recorded in the park. The most notable ones include the red kangaroo, western grey kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo, the central
Top Attractions in Sturt National Park
Explore the best things to see and do in Sturt National Park:
- ★Courthouse Museum
- ★Outdoor Pastoral Museum
Where to Stay in Sturt National Park
- 🏨Dead Horse Gully campground
- 🏨Fort Grey campground
- 🏨Mount Wood campground
- 🏨Mount Wood Homestead
- 🏨Mount Wood Shearers Quarters
- 🏨Olive Downs campground
Sturt National Park Travel Guide Sections
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