Find it at: Majors Road, O’Halloran Hill
A great spot for a family walk, bike ride, picnic or even better just a good old fashioned ADVENTURE.
While there are no formal walking tracks, it’s very easy to follow the numerous fire access tracks located in the park. Please be aware that these tracks are shared with bikes, horses, dogs (on leash) and walkers so make sure your kids know to stay aware and look up! There’s lots of grassy hills, gullies, trees to climb, big rocks to balance on and some great views of the city too!
You can very easily spend a few hours here just exploring. See if you can find the “50 shades of clay” or Aslans stone table! (we think we found it)
If bikes are more your thing there are over 8kms of mountain bike trails to try ranging from easy family friendly to intermediate and advanced with some great downhill sections for older kids and better riders.
You can enter the park from two main public access points along Majors Road, close to Ocean Boulevard and opposite the southern portion of the old Morphett Road.
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