Trail descriptions
Trail descriptions
15. Platypus Waterholes Walk
16. Discovery Walk
Walk from the Flinders Chase Visitor Centre across Black Swamp to the Rocky River,
where patience may be rewarded with the sighting of a Platypus. Allow time to view
the waterholes from a series of platforms, a hide and lookout. A multitude of birdlife,
kangaroos, wallabies, geese, echidnas and goannas are regularly seen on this walk.
This short walk will take you from the Flinders Chase Visitor Centre to the Walking Trail
Information Shelter overlooking Black Swamp. Interpretive signs along the way will help
hone your wildlife observation skills.
Signs at the Black Swamp Lookout shelter give information about other hikes and walks
accessed from here.
Access
This walk begins at the Flinders Chase Visitor Centre. A shorter walk (suitable for
wheelchairs) to the waterholes can be accessed from a car park off Shackle Road.
Please note, No toilet facilities at Platypus Waterholes car park. Refer to pages 26-29.
Access
This walk leaves from and returns to the Flinders Chase Visitor Centre.
Refer to pages 26-29.
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2 Exocarpos Platform
3 Deep Pool Platform
4 Bridge Platform
5 Reflection Pool
Quiet zone
6 Melaleuca Lookout
7 Birdsong Platform
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