About the Walking Trail

 Mai Tappa Hike

Mai Tappa means ‘food pathway’ in Kaurna language. The trail reveals aspects of the Kaurna culture including the importance of plants for food, medicine or textiles, and the importance of local animals in Kaurna life.

• 2.2km, 1 hour return
• loop hike
• walkers only (no bicycles permitted)
• begin from Smith Road carpark

Download the interpretive Mai Tappa Circuit brochure to take it with you as you walk.

Other Walks

There are numerous shared-use trails within Cobbler Creek Recreation Park to explore, offering different walk lengths. There are some walkers-only and cyclist-only trails.

Dogs on leads are permitted in the park and Cobbler Creek, provided you (a) keep your dog under control and on a lead no more than two metres in length (b) stick to designated walking trails and (c) bring disposable bags to clean up your dog’s faeces (please be aware there are no bins in national parks).

• Babbler Loop, 3.6km
• Porosa Hike, 3km (a section of this trail north of Cobbler Creek is for walking only)
• Ruins Loop, 3.4km
• Valley Circuit, 4.2km
• Mike Green Trail: follow Cobbler Creek east out of the Recreation Park for a further 3.3km, along the Mike Green Trail to Greenwith.

Access the park trails via:

• the Smith Road carpark
• carpark at the base of the Grove Way, just up from the Bridge Road intersection
• the Mike Green Trail on Middleton Crescent, Golden Grove
• Valour Court, Golden Grove

History

Discover the ruins of one of the area’s first European farms. One of the first Europeans to farm the area was William Pedler, a shoemaker whose trade gave rise to the name Cobbler Creek. The ruins of his farmhouse, Trevalsa, can still be seen on the Porosa Hike and the Ruins Loop. Teakles House is another stone ruin, also on the Porosa Hike, the Ruins Loop and the Valley Circuit.