PARK GUIDE
Location
Caring for the Park
Scott Creek Conservation Park is located 30
kilometres south of Adelaide. Access to the
park is from the Almanda mines car park,
located off Dorset Vale Road south of Cherry
Gardens, or from Mt Bold Road.
We ask that you help us to protect your parks by
following these simple guidelines and regulations.
This will ensure that future generations will be
able to share in the beauty of these natural areas.
Friends of Scott Creek
Conservation Park
• do not light any fires.
Please report any problems that you see to:
Sturt District Office, Belair National Park
Phone (08) 8278 5477
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Scott Creek
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For information on other SA parks contact:
Department for Environment, Heritage and
Aboriginal Affairs, Information Centre
77 Grenfell Street ADELAIDE SA 5000
Phone (08) 8204 1910, Fax (08) 8204 1919
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For information about this and other friends
groups, contact the Sturt District Office at
Belair National Park.
Phone (08) 8278 5477.
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The Almanda Mine ruins can be explored
from two separate half hour interpretive
trails that start from the car park on Dorset
Vale Road. Here you will see remnants of
the engine house, stone chimney, mine
office, dairy, and several of the mine shafts.
Be sure that you bring a torch to explore
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• monthly meetings, some with guest speakers
• regular scheduled working “Bees”
• revegetation projects
• weed control programs
• community involvement
• fundraising and publicity
• social activities.
• leave all parts of the environment as you
find them; plants (dead or alive), animals, and rocks are protected
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The Friends of Scott Creek Conservation
Park have been instrumental in the ongoing
conservation work in the park. The Friends
program includes:
Scott Creek
Conservation Park
• dogs, bicycles, horses and motorbikes are
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Community involvement in our national
park system has grown steadily over the last
10 years. The formation of volunteer groups
known as “Friends of Parks” provides
voluntary assistance to National Parks and
Wildlife SA.
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encompasses some of the most diverse
areas of native vegetation in the Adelaide
Hills. The Park’s 706 hectares of steep
sloped valleys, lush creeklines and rounded
ridgetops are home to a wide variety of
native plants and animals. The native
vegetation at Scott Creek serves as an
important link in a corridor through the
Southern Mt Lofty Ranges. The park is
popular with walkers interested in viewing
native vegetation, birds, or exploring ruins
of the historic Almanda Silver Mine.
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With its varied habitats, a variety of native birds and animals are
present within the park. Over 125 bird species have been observed
from small honeyeaters, to the large yellow-tailed black cockatoos.
Animals are more elusive, but visitors might catch a glimpse of
southern brown bandicoots, western grey kangaroos, echidnas,
possums, koalas, snakes, and lizards.
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Early settlers cleared and grazed livestock on much of what is now the park.
Today, efforts are being made to restore these degraded areas with their
native vegetation. Nearly 400 species of native plants have been recorded
within the park. The park contains most of the eucalypt species native to the
Mt Lofty Ranges. The vegetation consists primarily of stringybark scrub with
a dense understorey. Many rare and endangered plants are also present.
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The land at Scott Creek was purchased by the state government
in the early 1970’s to be managed by the State Planning
Authority. In 1985, the area was recognised as an important part
of the south Mt Lofty Ranges and adopted as the Scott Creek
Conservation Park. Today it is managed by National Parks and
Wildlife with the aim of preserving this important remnant of
native vegetation.
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The area was first occupied by European settlers in the 1830’s.
The Mackereth and Hill families cut timber from this land for use in
building the city of Adelaide. In 1850, the wheel of a dray wagon
broke off pieces of rock which contained copper. Subsequent
years saw the area mined for copper and eventually silver. At one
time there were 235 claims pegged along Scott Creek. The
Almanda Silver Mining Association was formed in 1868. By the
time production was stopped in 1887, the mine had produced
10 000 ounces (310kg) of silver. Today ruins of the old Almanda
Mine can be explored from the car park off Dorset Vale Road.
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Although no archaeological evidence has been found, Scott Creek would have
been a significant water and food source for the Peramangk Aboriginal People.
It lies along what was a major travelling route through the hills and down to
the Adelaide Plains and coast.
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