- Distance
- 2.7 km circuit
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Suitable for
- Hiking
- Grade 3, Moderate Hike
- Terrain
- Undulating
- Park
- Scott 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
- 1-2 hours
About the Walking Trail
Explore the Scott Conservation Park on the Watercourse Hike. The trail is shorter than the Orchid Hike. The Watercourse Hike is a circuit through the forest, along a walking trail, fire track and then return along the dirt road.
There is often plenty of kangaroos to be seen. Keep a watch out for the many native orchid wildflowers, including the Mosquito Orchid, Narrow-lipped Spider-Orchid and the Dwarf Green-hood Orchid.
Scott Conservation Park is a small park near Ashbourne and Currency Creek. The forest provides a habitat for Western Grey Kangaroos, Ringtail Possums and Western Pgymy Possums. (Scott Conservation Park is not to be confused with Scott Creek Conservation Park.)
You can begin the hike from the north-eastern carpark on Gould Road.
Photos
Walking along the forest trail in Scott Conservation Park
Both walking trails in Scott Conservation Park include crossings of the deep creek gorge
Both trails include a couple of creek crossings, the creek here is a deep gorge
Walking through the scrub on the wide fire track in Scott Conservation Park
Walking through the forest on the wide fire track in Scott Conservation Park
Walking on the Watercourse Hike and Orchid Hike in Scott Conservation Park
Walking in Scott Conservation Park is a great place to spot wildflowers
There is a 600m section along this dirt road
Trailhead of the two walking trails in Scott Conservation Park
Trailhead of the two walking trails in Scott Conservation Park on Gould Road
