- Distance
- 10 km circuit
- Duration
- 4 hours
- Suitable for
- Hiking, Get to by public transport, Trail Running
- Grade 4, Hard Hike
- Terrain
- Steep
- Park
- Cleland National Park
- Region
- Adelaide Hills
- Download maps & GPS files
- 1 map PDF
- 2 GPS files
- Photos
- 17 photosJump to Photos section
- Travel options
- Bus
- Car
- Travel time from Adelaide
- 1 hour or less
About the Walking Trail
The Wine Shanty Hike is a 4 hour 10km loop bushwalk through Cleland National Park. A hike through stringybark forest, the trail combines some steep climbs with gentler sections. Hike past Keirs Ruin, an old farm house abandoned in the 1900s. Watch out for koalas, echidnas, kangaroos and bandicoots as you follow these tracks through the forest.
Begin this hike at
The loop can be accessed from several places:
- Gate 5, Pillbox Track, Mt Lofty Summit Road, Cleland. There is a very small parking area here, or a much larger parking space some 100m north of this gate
- Gate at Bus Stop 18 on Greenhill Road
- Gate 3, Yerrang Track, Mt Lofty Summit Road, Cleland, opposite Sprigg Road. There is a small parking area here.
Extend this Hike
- When you reach Lodge Track, walk to Mt Lofty summit, and return to the main Wine Shanty Hike via the Hartford Trail
Photos
The Wine Shanty Track and Hike
Kangaroos on the Wine Shanty Hike walk
Junction of the Bartrill Spur Track and Kirrang Track, Chambers Gully
Its getting steeper now, Chambers Gully, Chambers Hike, Bartrill Spur Track
The Wine Shanty Hike is well signposted
Wine Shanty Hike fire track walk
Gate 3, start of the Yerrang Track to walking access the Wine Shanty Hike
Gate 5, start of the Pillbox Track to walking access the Wine Shanty Hike
Greenhill Road trailhead, Wine Shanty Hike
Keirs Ruins on the Nursery Loop, part of the Wine Shanty Hike
Keirs Ruins on the Nursery Loop
Koalas on the Wine Shanty Hike
Nursery Loop, Wine Shanty Hike
Pillbox Track to walking access the Wine Shanty Hike
The Wine Shanty Hike
Wine Shanty Track near Greenhill Road
Wine Shanty Track