Para Wirra Recreation Park is a 1,417-hectare (3,500-acre) national park located in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges near Adelaide, South Australia. Para Wirra forms part of a larger, 2,573-hectare (6,360-acre) block of contiguous native vegetation, the remainder of which is owned by PIRSA Forestry, the Engineering and Water Supply Department and also by private landholders.
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