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 short, relatively easy loop walk winds through cup gum wood­land, 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, gently undulating walking trails and fire tracks, with uneven natural surfaces and compacted natural surfaces, suitable for 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.

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