- Distance
- 10.3 km one way
- Duration
- 3 hours, or shorter to walk a section of it
- Suitable for
- Walking, Wheelchair Accessible, Dog Walking, Get to by public transport, Jogging, Cycling
- Wheelchair accessible
- Terrain
- Undulating
- Region
- Adelaide City & Suburbs
- Download maps & GPS files
- 1 map PDF
- 2 GPS files
- 1 website link
- Photos
- 14 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Bus
- Train
- Travel time from Adelaide
- 1 hour or less
About the Walking Trail
Take a leisurely stroll along the pretty North and South Para Rivers. Interpretative panels provide information on the history of the area, native birds and vegetation.
The trail is a shared use trail, suitable for walking, cyclists, prams and people with mobility aids including wheelchairs. Most of the trail is bitumen, but the northern section and west section are compacted gravel.
The official map shows 6.8km of trail, but the trail network has been extended north from Clonlea Reserve a further 3.5km into the suburb of Hewett, and a western spur extension of 1.4km to the suburb of Reid.
Photos
Walking trail along the North Para River. The walking trail heading north in Clonlea Reserve is compacted gravel.
The Gawler Rivers (Tapa Pariara) Path follow the linear parks and three rivers that meet at Gawler
The Gawler Rivers (Tapa Pariara) Path passes through the pleasant Clonlea Reserve
A series of five new footbridges were constructed in 2011 to form the Gawler Rivers (Tapa Pariara) Path
The Gawler Rivers (Tapa Pariara) Path follows the river through the pleasant Clonlea Reserve
The Gawler Rivers (Tapa Pariara) Path
The trail follows the river, passing close to central Gawler
The trail passes under the railway bridge, and across one of the new footbridges constructed
Walking trail along the South Para River
One of the interpretive signs, explaining the meaning of Tapa Pariara. Tapa is a Kaurna word for path or trail, pari is Kaurna for river and pariara is Kaurna for along the river, so Tapa Pariara means 'path along the river'.
There is interpretive signage along the way that tells the stories of the sites, including this one at Dead Man's Pass. The pass was so named after an incident in 1839 when a man of European descent was "buried" by being placed standing up in a hollow treek trunk
There is interpretive signage along the way that tells the stories of the sites, including this one at the River Junction
The Gawler Rivers (Tapa Pariara) Path is well marked, with signs directing to key locations along it
The entrance to Clonlea Reserve