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Facilities:

No facilities are provided, so visitors must be self sufficient. Carry water with you, as water from the Sturt River is not suitable for drinking.

Access:

Admission is free but the Park is closed on total fire ban days for safety reasons. Visitors cannot drive into the park but there is a small carpark on Broadmeadow drive. Walkers can enter via steep trails from various locations:

• Bonnyview Road via Tillite Track
  Access to western end from Flagstaff Hill

• The Boulevard via Ctenotus Track
  Access to western end via Bellevue Heights

• Starlight Drive via Starlight Track
  Access to South western end via

• Broadmeadow Drive via Parriana Track
  Access to central section from Flagstaff Hill.

• Gorge Road access trail
  Access to central section from Bellevue Heights.

• Black Road via the Scout Hall (various tracks)
  Access to south-eastern end from Flagstaff Hill.

• Bushland Drive
  Access to north-eastern end from Bellevue Heights

• Yorke Drive
  Access into Craigburn extension at south eastern end.

Gorge Road access trail:

A small trail that leaves Gorge Road just past E&WS pump station and winds down the ridge west of Magpie Creek down to where Magpie Creek meets the Sturt River. The trail splits into two parts with one traversing the top of the ridge, and the other following the small creek on the west side of the ridge.

Location on Map

View of Gorge Road access from Broadmeadow Drive on the other side of the river. The walking trail can be seen in the lower left hand side of the picture.

View south in summer from the Gorge Road access trail:

View south- west  down the Sturt River from Gorge Road access trail:

Winter:

 

Summer:

View west across creek in winter from Gorge Road access trail:

View South east up the Sturt River from Gorge Road access trail.

Broadmeadow Drive:

The central section of the Gorge can accessed from Broadmeadow Drive in  Flagstaff Hill via Parriana Track.

Map of area

View of Gorge Road access from Broadmeadow Drive on the other side of the river:

View north east up the  gorge from Broadmeadow Drive:

Starlight Track

The South Western end of the gorge can be accessed from Starlight Drive via Starlight Track.

Map of area

View west from Starlight track:

Magpie Creek

The water fall approx 100m north of where Magpie Ck joins the Sturt River.

Sturt River where Magpie Creek joins the river:

 

E&WS land & Flood control dam

Although technically this area is not part of the Sturt Gorge Recreation Park (E&WS land), it is an integral part of the area, connecting to all the other parts of the park.

Steep section of gorge between Magpie Creek and the Flood control dam:

   

View towards dam (dam wall can just be seen in top LHS of image):

The dam wall:

Behind the dam wall:

Yorke Drive

View near Minno track

VIew from Birri Track