About the Walking Trail

Learn about the importance of mangroves while walking the interpretative mangrove boardwalk. Learn about the importance of mangroves while walking the interpretative mangrove boardwalk. The Grey Mangrove (Avicennia marina var. resinifera) is the only mangrove species found in South Australia. The mangroves here at Tumby Bay are the southernmost occurence on the Eyre Peninsula. The mangroves are flooded each day by the ocean tide.

The shortest way to walk the trail is 400m return.

You can make a 1.4km walking loop by walking along the trail, and returning along Graham Smelt Causeway and Berryman Street.

Walk a 2.7km loop along the foreshore along Harvey Drive, entering the Mangrove Boardwalk and Nature Trail at Graham Smelt Causeway, and returning along Pearson Street (refer to map in photos below).

You can start the walk from:

• Midway along Berryman Street (near house number 16) – the walk is shortest from here
• In the north (closest to the main town), from the Graham Smelt Causeway trailhead
• In the south (further from the main town), from the Berryman Street (near house number 30)