- Distance
- 5 km circuit
- Duration
- 4 hours
- Suitable for
- Hiking
- Grade 3, Moderate Hike
- Terrain
- Undulating
- Park
- Para Wirra Conservation Park
- Region
- Adelaide Hills
- Download maps & GPS files
- 2 GPS files
- 2 website links
- Photos
- 12 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Car
- Travel time from Adelaide
- 1 hour or less
About the Walking Trail
This 5.0km circuit hike explores the former mine workings of Victoria Hill, a scene of much activity in the late 1860s, and descends into the South Para River. The lower sections of the trail, in the south near the South Para River, are particularly rewarding.
National Parks and Wildlife Service SA recommend walking this trail as an anticlockwise loop.
Begin the hike from the carpark on Allendale Road near Bowden Cottage.
Photos
The trails in the northern section of the Para Wirra Conservation Park are well marked
The Lady Pearce Hike crosses this gorgeous creek
The Lady Pearce Hike walking back to the Allandale Road carpark
The Lady Pearce Hike mining tunnel
The Devils Nose, as seen from the Lady Pearce Hike
The trails in the northern section of Para Wirra, the Barossa Goldfields, are well marked thanks to the Walking Trails Support Group
Warning on the Lady Pearce Hike
Picnic area, toilets and old mining equipment at Bowden Cottage
Trails in the northern section are well marked with these checkpoints and 'you are here' maps
Trailhead and carpark on Allendale Road
There are detailed notes about the walks in the northern section of Para Wirra available from the box at the trailhead on Allendale Road. They are provided by the Walking Trails Support Group. They are laminated, please return them to the box.
Bowden Cottage