- Distance
- 1.3 km return
- Duration
- 30 mins
- Suitable for
- Walking
- Easy
- Terrain
- Flat
- Park
- Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park
- Region
- Fleurieu Peninsula
- Download maps & GPS files
- 2 GPS files
- Photos
- 18 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Car
- Travel time from Adelaide
- 1 hour or less
About the Walking Route
Enjoy a walk through Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park to see spring wildflowers and see views over Myponga Reservoir.
The park is an island of native vegetation in a picturesque setting, framed by the Myponga Rservoir and pine plantations.
This walk is not in the formal Myponga Reservoir reserve managed by SA Water, but is in the adjacent conservation park managed by National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia. The park overlooks Myponga Reservoir.
Access the walk from Gate 1; driving south from Myponga, the gate is on your right 4.0km south of of the town centre. The walk follows an old road out to the reservoir, and ends at Gate 26, where the road becomes submerged into the reservoir.
The park was the first privately donated reserve to be established in South Australia. The park was donated by Lucy Eleanor Page, a long standing and active member of the Field Naturalists Society of SA who lived in this locality. The park is named in honour of her grandfathers.
Photos
Closer to the entrance gate the park is open grassy land
The walking trail in Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park near Myponga follows an old road out to Myponga Reservoir
The walk in Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park follows an old road out to the reservoir
The plaque in Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park is near this distinctive tree, about 300m in from Gate 1
The plaque in Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park reads:
"Nixon-Skinner Reserve
This plaque commemorates the donation in 1956 of this reserve by Mrs. Lucy Eleanor Page, a long standing and active member of the Field Naturalists Society of South Australia.
Mrs. Page lived on this locality for 60 years.
Named in honour of her grandfathers, the land was the first privately donated reserve to be established in South Australia for the preservation in perpetuity of native plants and animals and for the enjoyment of nature lovers.
Erected by the Field Naturalists' Society of South Australia Incorporated. This tablet was unveiled by the Hon. David Wotton, Esq, M.P., Minister of Environment, on 24th February 1980."
The entrance to Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park is via Gate 1 just off Main South Road
The entrance to Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park off Main South Road south of Myponga is easy to miss. It's 4km south of central Myponga
Entrance sign to Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park
Views over Myponga Reservoir from the walking trail in Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park
The walk in follows an old road, the walk ends at Gate 26 where the old road has been submerged in Myponga Reservoir
Wildflowers in Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park near Myponga Reservoir
Wildflowers in Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park
Wildflowers in Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park
Wildflowers in Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park
Wildflowers in Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park
Wildflowers in Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park
Wildflowers in Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park
Wildflowers in Nixon-Skinner Conservation Park