- Distance
- 4.2 km circuit
- Duration
- 2.5 hours
- Suitable for
- Hiking, Dog Walking, Trail Running
- 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 4.2km circuit hike explores the former mine workings of Victoria Hill, a scene of much activity in the late 1860s. Interpretive signs provide information about mine shafts, mine workings and the former town that was once here. See the former pumping station and tramway tunnels.
The trail includes Bowden Cottage, which has a collection of mining equipment on display, a picnic area, shelter and toilets. The cottage is restored and houses the Barossa Goldfields Historical Society museum.
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 Para Wirra, the Barossa Goldfields, are well marked thanks to the Walking Trails Support Group
Walking along the Phoenix Circuit, Para Wirra Conservation Park
The trails in the northern section of Para Wirra, the Barossa Goldfields, are well marked thanks to the Walking Trails Support Group
In the very northern section of Para Wirra is the Barossa Goldfields. Explore this old mining area with these informative trail signs.
Explore the mining history on the Phoenix Hike
The old tramway tunnel from 1897, on the Phoenix Hike
Stick to the trails near the old mining areas. The shafts are well fenced.
Explore the mining history, including the ruins of settler's houses.
Picnic area, toilets and old mining equipment at Bowden Cottage
Bowden Cottage
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.
Trailhead and carpark on Allendale Road