- Distance
- 4.2 km circuit
- Duration
- 2-3 hours
- Suitable for
- Walking
- Grade 3, Moderate Hike
- Terrain
- Undulating
- Park
- Bullock Hill Conservation Park
- Region
- Fleurieu Peninsula
- Download maps & GPS files
- 1 map PDF
- 2 GPS files
- Photos
- 10 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Car
- Travel time from Adelaide
- 1 hour or less
About the Walking Trail
This hike is a larger loop, combining the Heathland Hike and Eucalypt Hike. The hike traverses dense mallee eucalypt heathland, with an abundance of acacias, banksia, tea-tree and hakea, as well as open grasslands.
The trails in the park are not well marked – there are some markers, and the trails can be ambiguous sometimes. There are a couple of spots on this hike which might be confusing to follow:
- In the central area of this hike, you enter a clearing, and there then seems to be multiple tracks and trails leading out. Take the trail to the north west, there is a marker here. You can also walk north east, following some trails which lead onto a long open ridge – there is a fire track here and it is easy and enjoyable enough to follow, and keep walking until you near the northern boundary fence.
- Along the most northern section, walking west-east the trail can be tricky to follow, however the ground becomes more open to the west, and the fence here can guide you.
Photos
Walking on the Eucalypt Hike through the open grassland areas
Walking along the open ridge in the northern section of the park
Sometimes the trails are not really evident, but the open country makes it easy enough to make a good hike
Walking along the trail paralell to the northern boundary
Walking on the Eucalypt Hike along a fire track, through the open grassland areas
The trailhead at the eastern end of the park
The trailhead at the eastern end of the park, on Haines Road. There is no carpark, but easy enough to park a couple of cars here.
The trailhead at the western end of the park
The carpark and trailhead at the western end of the park, where Haines Road reaches a dead-end
Haines Rd, driving in from the west to the western end of the park. The road here narrows and has some sandy sections.