- Distance
- 6 km circuit
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Suitable for
- Hiking, Trail Running
- Grade 3, Moderate Hike
- Terrain
- Undulating
- Park
- Deep Creek National Park
- Region
- Fleurieu Peninsula
- Download maps & GPS files
- 2 GPS files
- 2 website links
- Photos
- 15 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Car
- Travel time from Adelaide
- 1-2 hours
About the Walking Trail
Explore the grasslands with views and kangaroos, before descending into Aaron Creek with its lush vegetation and winter waterfall. Take a picnic along to enjoy at the picnic table at Eagle Waterhole Campground.
Taste some of the Heysen Trail as you share its path between Eagle Waterhole Campground and Aaron Creek.
The trail starts from the Aaron Creek Pinic Area and carpark, near Goondooloo Cottage on Blowhole Beach Road. A shorter version of the hike would be to start from Cobbler Hill Campground, and follow the Heysen Trail to Eagle Waterhole campground and return.
Extend the Hike
Walk out to the coast along the Aaron Creek Hike, before continuing along the Aaron Creek Circuit Hike. The trail out to the coast can sometimes be overgrown, but has rewarding views of the Southern Ocean waves crashing into a rocky cove below.
Photos
Signage along the trail
Walking from Cobbler Hill to Eagle Waterhole
Reeds and dam near Eagle Waterhole
Walking along the Heysen Trail on the Aaron Creek Circuit Hike
Kangaroos in the grasslands section of the Aaron Creek Circuit Hike
Following the Heysen Trail on the Aaron Creek Circuit Hike
Kangaroos through the grasslands section of the Aaron Creek Circuit Hike
Waterfall on Aaron Creek Circuit Hike. This section is following the Heysen Trail.
Walking on the Aaron Creek Circuit Hike
Eagle Water Hole Campground, a great hike-in campsite or picnic spot
Eagle Water Hole Campground makes a great picnic spot or walk-in camp site
Walking along the Heysen Trail on the Aaron Creek Circuit Hike
Walking along the Aaron Creek Circuit Hike down into Eagle Water Hole Campground
You might spot an echidna
Walking through the grasslands on the Aaron Creek Circuit Hike