Eba Island Conservation Park
Eba Island Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia. It comprises of land, proclaimed in 1972 to conserve island habitat within Streaky Bay and sea bird breeding colonies. Eba Island is located offshore and south of Perlubie Hill. It is entirely composed of calcarenite, often overlaid with a limestone capping.
Nomenclature
Eba Island may have been named after a clerk in the South Australian Department of Lands or after an acquaintance of Governor MacDonnell.Geography
On the south-western, more exposed flanks of the island, waves have undercut the wall and carved blowholes, scalloped ridges and blades of jagged rock into the limestone. On the better-protected northern sides the calcarenite bed is softened by sandy coves, with rock appearing through as headlands.Flora and fauna
Creeping Boobialla is found on Eba Island and is listed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 as Rare. The island is also infested with the introduced African Boxthorn. Red fox tracks have been found on Eba Island. A connecting sandbar at low tide allows terrestrial animals to cross from the mainland to the island.A species list of flora and fauna can be found in the Island Parks of Western Eyre Peninsula Management Plan.