Starting from the Gate 1 car park on Scott Creek Road, Heathfield, this walk takes you on a circuit around Mark Oliphant Conservation Park via the Bandicoot Trail. This moderately challenging loop winds through native vegetation along well-maintained trails within Mark Oliphant Conservation Park, taking walkers through many of the dif­fer­ent envi­ron­ments that the park has to offer. The trail mean­ders through the cen­tre of the park, then follows Evans Drive, a public unsealed road, before heading back into the park. Keep an eye out for south­ern brown bandi­coots along this trail, which dig and turn over the soil throughout the park, hunt­ing for fun­gi and insects. This loop consists of narrow walking trails, fire tracks and unsealed roads, with uneven natural surfaces, compacted natural surfaces and short steep hills, suitable for average fitness levels. 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.

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