Hincks

About Hincks

One of the largest mallee expanses on the Eyre Peninsula, this wilderness area 87km north of Port Lincoln was originally set aside in 1941 as a Flora and Fauna Reserve. The 66,300-hectare protected area preserves diverse mallee vegetation communities and provides important habitat for rare wildlife including malleefowl. Together with nearby Hambidge Wilderness Protection Area, Hincks conserves critical examples of Eyre Peninsula's endemic mallee species, four of which are found nowhere else on Earth.