Looking for trails open after the bushfires?
5 Feb 2020: Kangaroo Island was devasted by bushfire in January 2020. Some parks and trails remain closed. View our article of 13 walking trails open post-bushfire.
- Distance
- 400 metres return
- Duration
- 10 mins return
- Suitable for
- Walking
- Grade 1, Easy Walk
- Terrain
- Undulating
- Park
- Flinders Chase National Park
- Region
- Kangaroo Island
- Download maps & GPS files
- 1 map PDF
- 2 GPS files
- 1 website link
- Photos
- 7 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Car
About the Walking Trail
This short walk will take you from the Flinders Chase Visitor Centre to the Walking Trail Information Shelter overlooking Black Swamp. Interpretive signs along the way will help hone your wildlife observation skills. Signs at the Black Swamp Lookout shelter give information about other hikes and walks accessed from here.
The hike can be accessed from the main walking trails trailhead at Flinders Chase Visitor Centre.
Photos
The Discovery Walk is a short walk through the forest to the Black Swamp Lookout shelter
Signs and silhoutte cutouts makes discovering the megafauna that used to live on the Black Swamp interesting for kids
Silhouette outlines of megafauna on Black Swamp near the Black Swamp Lookout shelter
Through the gate are the many walking trails that leave from the Flinders Chase Visitor Centre
All walks leave from the infomation shelter at the Flinders Chase Visitor Centre
Black Swamp Lookout shelter
Information about hike options at the Black Swamp Lookout shelter