About the Walking Route

There are two wetlands in Mt Compass:

• The one detailed on this page, south of the town: the Mt Compass School Swamp wetlands, sometimes called the Mount Compass Wetlands Boardwalk.
• On the east side of the town, next to IGA (Sam Court): Mt Compass Wetlands Walk

The Mt Compass School Swamp wetlands provides an area for school children to learn about the importance of wetlands and their ecosystems. Less than 4% of the Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps remain, and this is one of them. The swamps are densely vegetated and occur adjacent to waterlogged soils around low-lying creeks and flats.

The Y-shaped boardwalks ends at two spots:

• the water-monitoring location, which is a great spot for kids to get close the water, and
• the adjacent forest

A walk of both sections of boardwalk is about a 1.1km pleasant walk.

The boardwalk begins on Arthur Road, on the southern side of Mt Compass.