Starting from the Browns Beach Campground on Browns Beach Road, Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park, this walk takes you to the Gym Beach Campground and back via the Gym Beach Hike. Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park is a remote coastal wilderness on the tip of the Yorke Peninsula, with a backdrop of rugged cliffs and sandy beaches, offering excellent opportunities for camping, bushwalking, birdwatching, fishing, surfing and discovering maritime history. This hike takes walkers through the unique coastal vegetation and high sand dune areas between Browns Beach and Gym Beach. A wide variety of birdlife can be seen while passing through the dense mallee vegetation, as well as delicate native orchids in spring. Browns Beach is one of South Australia's best salmon fishing areas and has a unique coastal formation, with a large outer reef that protects the main beach and forms a lagoon where huge schools of Australian salmon are found. The walk begins at the Browns Beach Campground, which is suitable for tents, caravans, camper vans and camper trailers and has toilets and fire pits. This hike consists of wide and narrow, mostly flat walking trails, with compacted natural surfaces and uneven natural surfaces, suitable for average fitness levels, and can be done in either direction. Let us begin by acknowledging the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we travel today, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
Before you start any bushwalk ensure you;
• Tell someone you trust where you are going and what to do if you are overdue
• Have adequate equipment, supplies, skills & knowledge for the whole journey
• Consider the impact of weather forecasts, park/track closures & fire dangers
• Can respond to emergencies & call for help at any point
• Are healthy and fit enough for this journey
If not, change plans and stay safe. It is okay to delay and ask people for help.
Turn on to Copper Coast Highway then drive for 6.4 km
At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Yorke Highway and drive for another 55.3 km
Turn right onto Yorke Highway and drive for another 37.3 km
Turn left onto Maitland Road and drive for another 32 km
Turn right onto Moorowie Station Road and drive for another 6.8 km
Turn left onto Yorke Highway and drive for another 48.7 km
At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Stenhouse Bay Road and drive for another 175 m
Keep right and drive for another 265 m
Turn slight left onto Yorke Highway and drive for another 660 m
Turn slight left onto Yorke Highway and drive for another 25 m
Turn right onto Pondalowie Bay Road and drive for another 18.7 km
Turn right onto Browns Beach Road and drive for another 3.1 km
Keep left onto Browns Beach Road and drive for another 20 m
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Track Notes
Turn by turn instructions & maps
Turn map
Directions & comments
Start.
After 170 m pass the toilet (7 m on your left). This toilet is male and female.
After another 95 m turn right, to head along Browns Beach Road.
After another 340 m (at the intersection of Browns Beach to Gym Beach Hike & Browns Beach Road) turn left, to head along Browns Beach to Gym Beach Hike (a walking track).
After another 5 km come to the "gym beach camp ground" (70 m on your right).
At the intersection of Gym Beach Road & Browns Beach to Gym Beach Hike turn left, to head along Gym Beach Road (a vehicle track).
After another 430 m continue straight, to head along Gym Beach Road.
After another 245 m continue straight, to head along Gym Beach Road.
Continue another 20 m to find the end. Then turn around here and retrace the main route for 6.2 km to get back to the start.
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Terrain
Know the Hills, grading & facilities
Gym Beach from Browns Beach Campground
Grading
Class 3/6
Moderate track
Length
12.4 km
Time
3 h to 4 h
Quality of track
Formed track, with some branches and other obstacles (3/6)
Gradient
Flat, no steps (1/6)
Signage
Directional signs along the way (3/6)
Infrastructure
Limited facilities, not all cliffs are fenced (3/6)
Experience Required
Some bushwalking experience recommended (3/6)
Weather
Weather generally has little impact on safety (2/6)
Bushwalk
3 h to 4 h
1 h 30 min to 2 h
Camp site: There is one 5.6 km from the start.
Toilet: There is one 170 m from the start.
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After another 430 m continue straight, to head along Gym Beach Road.
Continue another 20 m to find the end. Then turn around here and retrace the main route for 6.2 km to get back to the start.