Family & Wildlife Day
Koalas, a giant rocking horse and a waterfall walk - a full day out with the kids.
The plan
The Adelaide Hills is tailor-made for a family day out - wildlife you can get close to, a famously giant landmark and bushland with room to run. This loop keeps the driving short and the energy high, and works in either direction depending on nap times.
Start at Cleland Wildlife Park on the slopes of Mount Lofty, where kids can hand-feed kangaroos and wallabies and meet koalas up close. From the summit nearby, take in the view over Adelaide before heading down to Gumeracha and the Big Rocking Horse, a genuinely enormous climbable landmark with a small animal park at its feet.
If you've still got willing legs, finish at Morialta Conservation Park, where a big nature playground sits beneath a gorge laced with waterfall walks. For a magical finale, book one of Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary's dusk tours near Mylor (they run on set dates) to look for bettongs, potoroos, bandicoots and platypus as the bush comes alive.
Day 1
5 stops-
1Crafers
Cleland Wildlife Park
Hand-feed kangaroos and meet koalas on the slopes of Mount Lofty.
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3Gumeracha
The Big Rocking Horse
Climb the giant landmark at Gumeracha and meet the resident animals.
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4Woodforde
Morialta Conservation Park
A large nature playground beneath a gorge of family-friendly waterfall walks.
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5Mylor
Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary
Finish with a booked dusk tour (set dates) to spot bettongs, potoroos, bandicoots and platypus.
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Image credits
- Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) female Mount Lofty 4.jpg by Charles J. Sharp , CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons