Great Walks

FOOTSTEPS THROUGH THE FLEURIEU

SOUTH Australia comes carved in a trellis of walking trails. It rewards ramblers with a motley collection of enticing day walks offering year-round fun and fitness. And on the Fleurieu Peninsula you’ll find Aboriginal heritage, colonial townships and wondrous wildlife across the region’s topographically exhilarating tracks. So, lace up the boots and hit these world-class walks.

Marion Coastal Walking Trail

On this dramatic interpretive coastal walk, spectacular boardwalks clasp to magnificent cliffs. The journey preserves geological and archaeological history, with more than 1,700 Aboriginal stone artefacts discovered in the area, dating back to the Karta Culture era.

Join the Marion Coastal Walking Trail after fuelling up at Marino Rocks Café. Or begin a little further north at Kingston Park. Walking south, you’ll be welcomed to the Kaurna Coast. Find the sculptures marking this Aboriginal heritage site, learn the indigenous names for the animals that were hunted here, and read the Tjilbruke Springs Dreamtime story about

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