- Distance
- 2 km return
- Duration
- 2.5 hours one-way
- Suitable for
- Walking, Hiking, Get to by public transport, Trail Running, Mountain Biking
- Grade 4, Hard Hike
- Terrain
- Steep
- Park
- Onkaparinga River National Park
- Region
- Adelaide City & Suburbs
- Download maps & GPS files
- 2 GPS files
- 1 website link
- Photos
- 5 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Bus
- Car
- Travel time from Adelaide
- 1 hour or less
About the Walking Trail
The Old Coach Link is a newly marked trail due to open in the first week of September 2017 as part of the Government of South Australia’s $10 million upgrade of the Adelaide’s national parks.
Start from Old Noarlunga, at either Gate 1 in Old Noarlunga (near the site of the former swingbridge) – a replacement footbridge was opened in June 2019, or from Gate 3 on Church Hill Road (there is a ford to cross at this second start point). The trail follows the Old Coach Road fire track. The middle section of the trail is steep as the track ascends the open grassy ridge to the hill top. Near the top the trail follows the Pipe Line Track then the Tea Tree Track to Gate 29 on the corner of Sheoak Roads and Barytes Road.
Photos
Flowers on the hills of Old Coach Link
From Gate 1, if the water levels are low you can cross this ford. Otherwise you can access the trail from Gate 3 on Church Hill Road
Waking along the hilltops on the Old Coach Link
Walking along the river trail on the Old Coach Link
Old Coach Road is a fire track that follows the ridge line up the hill