South Australia
Walks - Trails - National Parks

For information on other SA parks contact:
The Environment Shop
Tel: +61 8 8204 1910 Fax: +61 8 8204 1919
environmentshop@dehaa.sa.gov.au

Adelaide
Bike Direct

Tel: +61 8 8343 2911
Adelaide has a large network of Bike Paths with sets of 8 maps commonly available from libraries and tourist information centres, backpackers can hire a cycle in Adelaide City or elsewhere and ride to almost all suburbs. Adelaide is basically flat making your ride easy for all

Belair

Lorikeet Loop (1hr 30min)

Microcarpa Trail (2hrs)

Valley Loop (1hr)

Waterfall Trail (2hrs)

Wood Duck Dawdle (20mins)

Black Hill

Ambers Gully Nature Trail (1hr)

Black Hill Summit (2hrs 30min)

Belair National Park

Tel: +61 8 8278 5477
Escape the bustle of the city and enjoy a relaxing picnic or perhaps take a wander along the scenic hilltop trails within Belair National Park. You may be surprised by the beautiful varieties of orchids and other wildflowers in bloom, or the lively and colourful displays of our native birds. An entrance fee is charged.

Bool Lagoon Game Reserve

Tel: +61 8 8762 2340
Fax: +61 8 8762 1231
How to get there
A sealed road takes you right to the lagoon edge. Simply follow the signs from the turn-off 18 km south of Narracoorte on the Naracoorte-Penola Rd.

Camping
Campers are welcome. Mown camping areas and toilets are provided. Please bring drinking water as only bore water is available. Keep an eye out for snakes, this is their natural habitat. Please obtain a camping permit from the self registration station

Tea-Tree Boardwalk
Take a walk into the heart of the lagoon. See the nest areas of ibis, spoonbills and many other birds in the gnarled and weathered tea-trees. Learn who lives where in the wetland. Length 700 metres

Pat-om Walk
Skirting the very deepest water in these wetlands. Pat-om Walk leads you to the overview of the inlet channel. The fresh water flowing in the channel attracts many thousands of water birds. Length 700 metres

Gunawar Walk
Take a walk across the boardwalk to Hacks Island. View a range of wetland areas - freshwater marsh, reeds, ushers and open water. These all provide homes for a variety of birds, reptiles, frogs. elusive water rats and many aquatic insects. Length 1500 metres

The Big Hill - Drive
The short drive to the top of Big Hill provides opportunity to see just how big these wetlands really are. Brolgas are often seen feeding in the back-rush swamps just west of Big Hill

The Little Bool - Drive
The extended drive via Bool Lagoon and Moyhall Roads to Little Bool Lagoon is usually well worth the effort. The deep, open water of Little Bool is a popular venue for many water birds while the nearby Lily Ponds are very important nesting sites for ibis

Brownhill Creek Recreation Park
P.O. Box 2 Belair SA 5052
Tel: +61 8 8278 5477
How to get there
Visitors may enter the park on foot or by vehicle from Brownhill Creek Road. From Adelaide, head south along Fullarton Road and turn right at Taylors Road and then left into Brownhill Creek Road. Visitors to the park must be self-sufficient as there are no facilities provided. The Mitcham Lions Park located within the reserve, contains a children's playground and water taps. Camping is not permitted in the park however accommodation is available at Brownhill Creek Caravan park.

Cleland

Waterfall Gully Area Various Trails (30min to 3hrs)

Cobbler Creek Recreation Park
Enquiries

Tel: +61 8 8336 0901
Fax: +61 8 8336 0900

Babbler Loop Trail
Set amongst the mallee box, weeping pittosporum and Christmas bush, the trail climbs towards the Para Trig point where you can view Salisbury and Adelaide Plains.

Porosa Walkabout
Following the fire trail in the north section of the park, this 6.8 km loop trail offers walkers easy all-year round access to several natural and cultural sites

Coffin Bay National Park
Enquiries

Tel: +61 8 8688 3111
Fax: +61 8 8688 3110
This is a remote area accessible only to four-wheel drive vehicles, boats or bushwalkers. Seabirds are abundant. Oyster-catchers, dotterels and many other species frequent the beaches. You may even see a resident osprey diving for fish. Away from the beaches, stockyards and waterholes are reminders of the past grazing era.
Entry and camping permits are available at the ranger station in Coffin Bay

Yangie Bay
Yangie Lookout
( 1 km return, 20 mins )
A short climb with views overlooking Yangie Bay and Marble Range

Kallara Nature Walk Via Yangie Lookout
( 2 km loop walk, 40 mins )
Provides insights to the local vegetation

Yangie Island Via Yangie Lookout
( 5 km return, 1 hr 40 mins )
This trail leads to a close up view of Yangie Island from the adjoining beach

Yangie Bay to Long Beach Walking Trail
( 10 km one way, 3.5 hr )
Walk between the vegetated dunes that come out on the expansive Long Beach

Black Springs Well
( 2 km return, 40 mins )
Following the coast around the headland overlooking sheltered Port Douglas

Black Rocks
( 6 km return, 2 hours )
To the rugged coastline of Avoid Bay with views overlooking Lake Damascus along the way

Whidbey Wilderness area
Sudden Jerk Lookout
( 2km return, 40 mins )
Overlooking the rugged coastline out to Sudden Jerk Island

Boarding House Bay
( 23 km return, 8 hours )
A rugged coastline of cliffs, beaches and off shore reefs are encountered after walking through coastal heath, samphire flats and mallee woodlands

Deep Creek Conservation Park

Tel: +61 8 8598 0263
Fax: +61 8 8598 0269
This park has been dedicated to preserve the largest portion of remaining natural vegetation on the Fleurieu Peninsula. Comprising approx 4500 hectares, with 18 kilometres of coastline, it is home to a unique range of flora and fauna species. Visitors are required to pay a nominal fee to enter and camp. Day passes and camping permits are available from self-registration stations.

Desert Parks of South Australia

Tel: +61 8 8648 5300
Fax: +61 8 8648 5301
Elliot Price Conservation Park
Vast, lonely and inaccessible Elliot Price Conservation Park Park helps conserve the wilderness that is Lake Eyre. There are no public access routes to this park

Innamincka Regional Reserve
At the end of the Strzelecki Track the beauty, isolation and abundance of wildlife makes Innamincka a popular outback destination. The reserve includes extensive wetlands associated with the Coopers creek drainage system, particularly Coongie Lakes, making it a significant conservation area. Innamincka is the focus for visitor facilities

Lake Eyre National Park
Lake Eyre National Park consists mostly of the surface of Lake Eyre North, a large salt lake whose lower parts lie many metres below sea level. Two access tracks lead to the lake margin, via Muloorina Station or from the turn-off near William Creek (4WD only). Conditions in these areas are extremely harsh and require caution. Summer access is not recommended as temperatures can exceed 50ÎC

Simpson Desert Conservation Park & Regional Reserve
The Simpson Desert receives only slightly more rainfall than the Sahara and is one of the best examples of dunal deserts in the world. The parks conserve a varied landscape of dune systems, extensive dry playa lakes, spinifex grasslands and acacia woodland. Only well prepared travellers should attempt to enter or cross the desert. Crossings are not recommended between December and March inclusive, as temperatures can exceed 50ÎC

Tallaringa Conservation Park
The Anne Beadell Highway, a rough bush track commences on the eastern edge of Tallaringa and ends at Laverton in Western Australia over 1300 kilometres away. This route is not inhabited and there are no services. Vehicles travelling the Anne Beadell Highway must be fully self-sufficient with enough fuel, water, food, spares and long range HF-SSB radio equipment for use in emergencies. There are no facilities or services along this road, so be well prepared. Access is by 4WD only.

Wabma Kadarbu Conservation Park
This conservation park was dedicated to protect two significant mound springs which are fed from the Great Artesian Basin, known as "The Bubbler" and "Blanche Cup" These springs provide an important water source in what is normally a very arid environment

Witjira National Park
Remote and rough, forming the outer edge of the Simpson Desert. Ensure that you are well prepared for outback travel. it includes the Dalhousie mound spring complex, large tracts of stony tableland and gibber country, and the Finke River floodplain.

Flinders Ranges Parks

Tel: +61 8 8648 4244
Fax: +61 8 8648 4242
Clements Gap Conservation Park
The primary purpose of the park is to conserve remnant mallee which once covered the surrounding farmlands.

Flinders Ranges National Park
A vast and dramatically beautiful area. It features a series of rugged mountain ranges, creeks lined with river red gums, hillsides covered with a patchwork of native pines and a seasonal abundance of wildflowers. Wilpena Pound, one of the best known landmarks in South Australia, forms the hub of the park

Gammon Ranges National Park
An arid wilderness of spectacular rugged ranges and deep gorges. The park is a major heritage area for the Adnyamathanha people who are the traditional custodians of the region. Vehicle entry to the park is limited. Access is largely restricted to experienced bushwalkers. However, you may wish to camp at Italowie Camp or Weetootla Gorge and explore the edges of this rugged park

Mount Brown National Park
This former forest reserve comprises undulating country with a variety of cover grading to rugged ridges with open woodland and scrub. A circuit trail with a spur track to the Mount Brown summit is provided, starting from Waukarie Falls

Mount Remarkable National Park
In this park the arid zone plants and animals meet with the species of the more temperate southern regions to create a mosaic of diverse habitats. Accessible from the main roads on the eastern & western sides of the range

Telowie Gorge Conservation Park
Telowie Creek has cut the spectacular Telowie Gorge through the south-western flank of the Flinders Ranges. The park is home to a diversity of flora and fauna species. The Nukuna Trail at the entrance to the gorge is well marked. Further in, walkers should be cautious on the informal track

The Dutchmans Stern Conservation park
A rugged landscape is home to a host of plants and animals, many of which are at the edges of their distributions. Climbing the Stern will reward you with spectacular views of Spencer Gulf, surrounding ranges and the Willochra Plain. Other walking options include park management tracks and sections of the Heysen Trail

Winninowie Conservation Park
Quiet mangrove creeks and samphire flats abound with marine and bird life. A boat ramp is available in the park

Fort Glanville Conservation Park

Tel: +61 8 8242 1978
Fort Glanville Conservation Park represents a significant period in South Australia's European colonial history. The fort was built in 1889 and has remained largely unaltered due to restoration work carried out over a number of years. This has helped to conserve the state's military heritage. The Fort is opened between September and May on the third Sunday of each month and a small admission fee is charged

Hallett Cove Conservation Park

Tel: +61 8 8278 5477
This area was proclaimed as a conservation park in 1976 primarily to conserve its geological features that are of world wide significance particularly its record of an ice age about 280 million years ago. The interpretive walk trails provide an opportunity to explore the parks geological history.

Horsnel Gully

Rockdale (1hr 45mins)

Innes National Park

Tel: +61 8 8854 4040
Fax: +61 8 8854 4072
Innes National Park is located on the south-west "toe" of Yorke Peninsula, three hours drive from Adelaide. A coastal park, Innes comprises nearly 9141 hectares of natural bushland and represents one of only a few pockets of significant vegetation on the peninsula

Kaiser Stuhl Conservation Park

Tel: +61 8 8280 7048
Nestled amongst the Barossa Ranges, this rugged mountain park offers a glimpse of the Barossa Valley's natural history. Dedicated in 1978, this 390 ha park has largely survived surrounding developments to remain one of the last islands of native vegetation in the area. A perfect destination for keen, day bush walkers

Kangaroo Island Parks - Walking Trails

Tel: +61 8 8553 8233
Fax: +61 8 8553 8273
Beyeria Conservation Park Walk
(1.5km - 1hr)
A delightful short stroll through narrow-leaved mallee with broombush understorey

Black Swamp Walk
(3km - 1hr)
Walk across Black Swamp and along a disused road to the Rocky River, where patience may be rewarded with the sightings of platypus, Kangaroos, wallabies, geese, echidnas and goannas

Breakneck River Hike
(6km - 2.5hr)
Follow the Breakneck River through forest, woodland, mallee and coastal heath to a picturesque little beach, hemmed in by limestone cliffs

Burgess Walk
(1km - .5hr)
Pass through sugar gum forest at Kelly Hill Caves

Cape Gantheaume Wilderness Trek
(34km one way - 2-3 days)
Trekkers are rewarded with the rugged beauty of the Southern Ocean and unexpected encounters with wildlife

Curley Creek to Bald Hill Hike
( 11km - 6hr)
Follows the old fire access track, which skirts Murray Lagoon from Curley Creek to Bald Hill

Hanson Bay Hike
(18km - Full Day)
Pass through banksia heath, pink gum woodlands, mallee and coastal heath, alongside freshwater lagoons

Harveys Return Hike
(1.5km - 1hr)
Follows the original route used by lighthouse keepers as they hauled their stores up from Harveys Return

Herveys Return to Hanson Bay Hike
(80km one way - 2-7 days depending on route)
This trek follows the high energy coastline of Flinders Chase National Park and the Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area

Oval Historica Hike
(4km - 2hr)
This trail meanders south from Cape Borda through dense bull-oak, mallee heath and native pines

Ravine des Casoars Hike
(8km return - 4hr)
This loop trail follows the Ravine valley to the coast, passing along the creek bank and high above the valley floor

Rocky River Mouth Hike
(3km - 1.5hr)
Starting at Snake Lagoon, this popular trail winds through sugar gums and mallee before descending into the Rocky River Valley

Sandy Creek Hike
(3km - 1.5hr)
Follow the bank of the Sandy Creek before descending into the creek bed for the last section through sand dunes and onto a large sandy beach

Timber Creek Walk
(1.5km - 1hr)
Waterfowl such as ducks, swans and waders flock to the lagoon to create a bird lovers delight

Lincoln National Park

Tel: +61 8 8683 3544
This magnificent area includes vast expanses of coastal mallee with outcropping granite and spectacular open ocean coastline. Access is limited to 15 vehicles per day with 5 designated campsites with a maximum stay of 3 nights

Morialta Conservation Park

Tel: +61 8 8281 4022
Opens out from the Morialta Falls Road to reveal tall waterfalls, deep gorges and richly wooded hillsides. The creek now flows up to mid summer. The cliff areas between Second and Third Falls are designated for rock climbing and abseiling

First Falls Trail
(1.5hrs)
A leisurely stroll on this disabled access trail along Fourth Creek to where water plunges 30 metres down First Falls where the trail ends

Sheoak Trail
(2.5hrs)
Sheoak Trail to Second and Third Falls and return via Eagles Nest Cliff to the First Falls Trail

Mount George Conservation Park

Tel: +61 8 8336 0901
Fax: +61 8 8336 0900
Set aside as a conservation park in 1989 to protect stands of native vegetation, an inspiring landscape and mosaic of habitat types. The park makes a perfect destination for bushwalkers, birdwatchers and photographers

Mount Remarkable National Park

Tel: +61 8 8634 7068
Fax: +61 8 8634 7085
How to get there
The Park has three major access points. Mount Remarkable itself is the backdrop to Melrose, 24 km south of Wilmington & is only accessible to walkers. The road to Mambray Creek is 45 km north of Port Pirie on the Princess Highway. Alligator Gorge may be reached via a picturesque drive commencing 1 km south of Wilmington on Main North road. Note this steep road is not suitable for caravans.

In the Southern Flinders Rangers. Mount Remarkable, is closed to Visitors on Days of Total Fire Ban. Although there is no public access for vehicles. there is a network of walking trails, so that you can experience the Abundant wildlife of the park at close quarters. The Walking Trails are varied from 2.2kms to 18kms and the time it takes to get there and back, ranging from 1 to 7 hours

Davey's Gully Trail
(2.2km - 1 Hour )
This trail starts & ends at the Mambray Creek visitors centre & takes in breathtaking views across to Spencer Gulf to Whyalla.

Sugar Gum Lookout Trail
(10km - 3 Hours )
This walk starts from the Mambray creek day visitor area, this trail is easy walking. It follows upstream along a deep valley, shaded by majestic red river gumtrees.

Mount Cavern Circuit Trail
(11km - 6 Hours )
This is a quite demanding walk across the high ridges of the black Rangers, to the summit of Mt Cavern & descends steeply into Mambray Creek. This hike would suit the fitter more experienced walker.

Hidden Gorge & Battery Ridge Circuit Trail
(18km - 7 hours)
This walk is a looping walk, once again starting at the day visitor area at Mambray Creek. It takes you deep into the park along gorges & narrow valleys. You can see from Battery ridge the distant arm of Spencer Gulf.

Mambray Creek to Alligator Creek
(13km - 5 hours each way)
This walk takes you through a varied vegetation. You can do the whole round trip, or do as some walkers do & get their friends to meet them at the of the walk.

Alligator Gorge Trails
(1-2km - 1-2 hours)
There are two short walks into the beautiful Alligator Gorge. You can either walk down the steps into the gorge, then follow the creek upstream, (right) to the Terraces. Alternatively, from the bottom of the steps (left) takes you to the Narrows, where the walls of the gorge are at their closest.

Narracoorte Caves Conservation Park

Tel: +61 8 8762 2340
Fax: +61 8 8762 1231
In a region of marshland and limestone hills in the South East. In caverns beneath Cave Range, visitors may view the delicate decorations of calcite or explore fossil caves and the home of bent-wing bats

Ngarkat Group of Conservation Parks

Tel: +61 8 8576 3690
Parks include Scorpion Springs, Mount Rescue, Mount Shaugh with a combined area of 262,700 hectares. Access to most of the parks require a 4WD vehicle due to sandy conditions. Camping is permitted and fees apply

Onkaparinga River National & recreation Parks

Tel: +61 8 8278 5477
Encompasses the lower reaches of the Onkaparinga River with cliffs up to 50 metres high and permanent rock pools, the river makes its way amongst large river red gums to the historic town of Old Noarlunga

Para Wirra Recreation Park

Tel: +61 8 8280 7048
The park provides a beautiful bushland setting for a variety of outdoor activities including bushwalking and scenic drives
Devil's Nose (1hr 30mins)
Gold Fields Area (1hr)
Hissey Loop ( 1hr)
Mack Creek (3hrs)

Shepherds Hill Recreation Park

Tel: +61 8 8278 5477
The park protects important stands of grey box communities that once covered a large area of Adelaide plains. Explore these special areas by taking a walk along the many walking trails

Sturt Gorge Recreation Park

Tel: +61 8 8278 5477
Located within the suburbs of Belleview Heights and Flagstaff Hill. Within the park's 178 hectares you can see open forest, Grey Box and Blue Gum woodlands, old River Red Gums, steep slopes and cliffs

Telford Scrub Conservation Park

Tel: +61 8 8735 1177
An important area of remnant vegetation that includes over 20 species of native orchids. Take a walk along the unique forest canopy boardwalk, set amongst the trees

Unnamed Conservation Park

Tel: +61 8 8625 3144
Fax: +61 8 8625 3123
The Park is located within the Great Victoria Desert and is one of the largest arid zone Biosphere Reserves in the world. To travel in the park you need Three permits

Venus Bay Conservation Park

Tel: +61 8 8625 5110
Fax: +61 8 8625 5120
A leading example of a successful habitat restoration, species recovery and threatened species reintroduction program

South Australia Walks - Trails - National Parks

South Australia
Walks - Trails - National Parks