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
- 1.5 km circuit
- Duration
- 30 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
- 9 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Car
About the Walking Trail
With interpretive signs along the trail, learn about the life of the early settlers at Rocky River and the formation of the park as South Australia’s second national park as an island sanctuary for threatened species. The walk skirts around the edge of Black Swamp and passes two heritage buildings – Mays Homestead and Postmans Cottage. A great walk for viewing koalas and other wildlife. The trail includes the Walking Trail Information Shelter overlooking Black Swamp.
The walk is easy and generally shady and can be enjoyed by all.
The hike can be accessed from the main walking trails trailhead at Flinders Chase Visitor Centre.
Photos
Interpretive signage at Mays Homestead on the Heritage Walk
The Postmans Cottage on the Heritage Walk
Shady trees on the Heritage Walk
This signs tells the story of the family playing cricket here in 1899 when a sailor walked in 14 days after being shipwrecked, after the sailor had followed the coast and eventually a horse path to find them
The Heritage Walk at Flinders Chase skirts around the edge of Black Swamp and passes two heritage buildings - Mays Homestead and Postmans Cottage.
Walking around Black Swamp on the Heritage Walk
Black Swamp Lookout shelter
Information about hike options at the Black Swamp Lookout shelter
All walks leave from the infomation shelter at the Flinders Chase Visitor Centre