Myrtacee Hike

5.8 km circuit

1 h 30 min to 2 h 30 min

1 h 30 min to 2 h 30 min

40 min to 1 h 15 min

Starting from the car park on Woodgate Hill Road, Kyeema, this walk takes you on a circuit around Kyeema Conservation Park via the Mulurus Hike. Located on the Fleurieu Peninsula, Kyeema Conservation Park covers over 347 hectares of dense native vegetation, with an overstorey of mainly messmate stringybark, with some pink gum and cup gum, towering over a thick and diverse understorey. The park provides habitat for animals such as southern brown bandicoots, swamp rats, echidnas and western grey kangaroos, and is a haven for birdwatchers, home to over 80 bird species, including White's thrush, beautiful firetail and the chestnut-rumped heathwren. The area was once mined for alluvial gold for several years, but was abandoned in 1890 due to low yield. A few years later, some of the land was cleared for pine plantations before being used as a labour prison reserve and a campground. Following the Ash Wednesday bushfires in 1983, the Friends of Kyeema Conservation Park started to revegetate cleared areas of the park. This moderately challenging loop walk winds through cup gum woodland, bushland scrub and dense, fern-filled gullies, providing walkers with the opportunity to spot some of the park's diverse birdlife along the way, as well as enjoy stunning displays of wildflowers in spring. This loop consists of narrow walking trails and fire tracks, with uneven natural surfaces, compacted natural surfaces and short steep hills, suitable for moderate fitness levels. Let us begin by acknowledging the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we travel today, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

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