Walk The Yorke Tiparra Springs to Moonta and Tiparra Springs to Balgowan

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Walk name/location

Walk The Yorke Tiparra Springs to Moonta and Tiparra Springs to Balgowan

Walk grade

Walk the Yorke End-to-End

Description

Day 1 Walk The Yorke from Tiparra Springs to Moonta Bay is a 27.5 km walk along the coastline of the Yorke Peninsula.

The walk will take approximately 7 1/2 hours, starting from Tiparra Springs. The morning walk initially cross sand dunes within Tiparra Springs, to enter the beach. The expansive view of the beach stretching from Nalyappa Point to The Gap is breathtaking. You will encounter rocky outcrops at Cape Elizabeth, arriving at Coopers Beach for lunch and continue to Port Hughes where the historic jetty is located. If you have had enough and are staying at Port Hughes, this is an option, otherwise we will continue on to Moonta Bay along the cliff side path.  Monitoring the tides will be an aspect of the walk, as there is some beach walking involved.

Car shuffling will commence from Moonta Bay Jetty at 8:00 am to Tiparra Springs. Please let the walk leader know if you are happy to be involved in the car shuffle.

Returning to Moonta at approximately 3:30 pm with a group dinner at the Moonta Hotel. Please RSVP in the event page if you will be attending the dinner, as we will need to book.

Day 2 Walk the Yorke Tiparra Springs to Balgowan is approximately 19 km (5 hours)

The morning walk will cross sand dunes to the beach entrance. Weaving our way along the beach, up to the cliff face tracks following the coastline to the small town of Balgowan. We may not follow the 'official' Walk the Yorke track, as there are some beautiful trails along the cliff tops that we can explore, arriving at Bamboos Campground and continuing to experience the spectacular red cliff faces. For those who look for camping away from the crowds, there is a bush camp in Balgowan and a caravan park.

Car shuffling will again be used to ferry us to Tiparra from Balgowan.

 

BIOSECURITY MEASURES – Please ensure you thoroughly clean your footwear, clothing, walking poles and other equipment before and after each walk to remove all seeds, dirt and other debris. Removed seeds should be bagged and disposed in a ‘to landfill’ garbage bin.

Start

Saturday 18 April 2026

End

Sunday 19 April 2026

Walk Leaders

Gillian Stevens
Shaun Scheepers

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