Bon Bon Reserve

Help us to acquire and safeguard Bon Bon Reserve

Remotely situated in South Australia between the Great Victoria Desert and the large salt lakes of Eyre, Torrens and Gairdner, Bon Bon Reserve is a desert jewel that, with your help, we can secure and protect for the future.

An enormous property of around 216, 810 hectares (approximately the size of suburban Sydney), Bon Bon's scenic desert landscape is dotted with shimmering salt lakes, freshwater wetlands, mulga shrublands, bluebush plains, and arid-zone woodlands. These provide a rich diversity of habitats for the region's wildlife including species that are rare or threatened. 

Bon Bon protects seven regional ecosystems, three of which are listed as threatened at the state level. It lies within a pastoral landscape, and provides us with an outstanding opportunity to safeguard ecosystems that are currently not well protected in other reserves. While Bon Bon is regarded as being among the most ecologically intact sheep-grazing properties in South Australia, some of its habitats will need to be actively restored. Returning them to health will help improve the resilience and productivity of this arid landscape and its importance for the local wildlife.

The acquisition of Bon Bon will also complement Bush Heritage's existing arid-zone reserves, including the similarly vast Craven's Peak and Ethabuka reserves in Queensland.

Acknowledgement
Bush Heritage gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Australian Government’s National Reserve System Programme and the South Australian Government's Department for Environment and Heritage for assisting with the acquisition of this new reserve.