Starting from the car park next to the playground at the end of Smith Road, Salisbury East, this walk takes you on a circuit around Cobbler Creek Recreation Park via the Babbler Loop. Cobbler Creek Recreation Park is a popular destination for walkers and mountain bikers, with an excellent network of purpose-built trails, and contains the largest remaining stand of mallee box grassy woodland in the Adelaide Plains, providing important habitat for endangered bird species. The Babbler Loop climbs to the top of the park, passing through mallee box grassy woodland, weeping pittosporum and Christmas bush, offering excellent views of Salisbury, the Adelaide Plains and Gulf St. Vincent, as well as a great spot to watch the sunset. The Kites and Kestrels adventure playground incorporates the environment into the play space, featuring unique climbing structures inspired by tree-top raptor nests, as well as swings, slides, sandpits and a flying fox. Next to the playground is a picnic area with shelters, seating, barbecues, drinking fountains and toilets. This loop consists of well-signposted, gently undulating fire tracks and shared-use trails, suitable for walkers and cyclists of average 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.
Before you start any bushwalk ensure you;
• Tell someone you trust where you are going and what to do if you are overdue
• Have adequate equipment, supplies, skills & knowledge for the whole journey
• Consider the impact of weather forecasts, park/track closures & fire dangers
• Can respond to emergencies & call for help at any point
• Are healthy and fit enough for this journey
If not, change plans and stay safe. It is okay to delay and ask people for help.
Getting started From the car park next to the playground at the end of Smith Road, Salisbury East, head through the gate opposite the toilets and follow the fire track ahead. After about 180m, you'll reach a junction marked with a green 'Babbler Loop' sign. From there, head left along the Babbler Track and continue the Babbler Loop (clockwise).....
Turn map
Directions & comments
Start.
Cobbler Creek Playground (about 40 m back from the start).
There is a toilet (about 40 m back from the start).
There is water tap (about 35 m back from the start).
There is a sign (about 35 m back from the start).
After another 45 m continue straight.
After 165 m pass a "Bench Seat" (35 m on your right).
After another 15 m (at the intersection of Bablber Loop & Babbler Loop) veer left, to head along Bablber Loop.
After another 265 m continue straight, to head along Bablber Loop.
After another 25 m (at the intersection of Babbler Loop, Short and Sweet & Bablber Loop) turn sharp right, to head along Babbler Loop, Short and Sweet.
After another 25 m continue straight, to head along Babbler Loop, Short and Sweet.
After another 910 m (at the intersection of Short n Sweet from the top & Babbler Loop, Short and Sweet) continue straight.
After another 55 m continue straight.
After another 25 m continue straight, to head along Short n Sweet from the top.
After another 70 m continue straight, to head along Short n Sweet from the top.
After another 310 m (at the intersection of Short n Sweet from the top & Stone Steps) continue straight, to head along Short n Sweet from the top.
After another 60 m pass the car park (50 m on your left).
After another 90 m turn right.
After another 15 m turn left, to head along Babbler Loop.
After another 85 m continue straight, to head along Babbler Loop.
After another 40 m cross the bridge (about 7 m long)
After another 25 m continue straight, to head along Babbler Loop.
After another 160 m (at the intersection of Babbler Loop & Trigonometrical) continue straight, to head along Babbler Loop.
After another 35 m (at the intersection of Babbler Climb & Babbler Loop) continue straight, to head along Babbler Climb.
After another 115 m veer left, to head along Babbler Climb.
After another 125 m (at the intersection of Babbler Climb & Babbler Track) veer right, to head along Babbler Climb.
After another 510 m continue straight, to head along Babbler Climb.
After another 145 m cross the bridge (about 9 m long)
After another 35 m pass the car park (35 m on your right).
After another 6 m head through/around the gate.
Continue straight, to head along Babbler Climb.
After another 35 m veer left, to head along Babbler Loop.
After another 90 m (at the intersection of Bablber Loop & Babbler Loop) continue straight.
After another 180 m continue straight.
After another 9 m come to the end.
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Terrain
Know the Hills, grading & facilities
Babbler Loop
Grading
Class 3/6
Moderate track
Length
3.6 km
Time
45 min to 1 h 30 min
Quality of track
Formed track, with some branches and other obstacles (3/6)
Gradient
Gentle hills with occasional steps (2/6)
Signage
Clearly signposted (1/6)
Infrastructure
Generally useful facilities (such as fenced cliffs and seats) (1/6)
Experience Required
Some bushwalking experience recommended (3/6)
Weather
Weather generally has little impact on safety (2/6)
Bushwalk
45 min to 1 h 30 min
20 min to 40 min
Toilet: There is one -41 m back from the start.
Seat: There is one 175 m from the start.
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Cobbler Creek Playground (about 40 m back from the start).
There is water tap (about 35 m back from the start).
There is a sign (about 35 m back from the start).
After another 45 m continue straight.
After another 60 m pass the car park (50 m on your left).
After another 15 m turn left, to head along Babbler Loop.
After another 40 m cross the bridge (about 7 m long)
After another 125 m (at the intersection of Babbler Climb & Babbler Track) veer right, to head along Babbler Climb.
After another 6 m head through/around the gate.
