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Guided Walk through Mistletoe Park / Tainmuntilla (Park 11 North)
Highlights
- Join Loine Sweeney for an engaging two-hour walk through Adelaide's lush Park Lands and rich social history.
- Skirt the Adelaide Zoo while exploring a vibrant sculpture park and native re-vegetation along the River Torrens.
- Spot Adelaide's unique flying fox colony and learn about recent park changes in a small group setting.
- Enjoy family-friendly facilities, including carparks and public toilets, ensuring a comfortable experience for all.
Join Park Ambassador Loine Sweeney for a two-hour Guided Walk through the heart and soul of Adelaide’s eastern Park Lands.
Skirting the Adelaide Zoo, the Walk will take in a sculpture park and lush native re-vegetation alongside the River Torrens, a stroll through Adelaide’s rich social history in Botanic Park, recent controversial Park losses, and opportunities to glimpse Adelaide’s unique flying fox colony.
Itinerary highlights
Albert Bridge
1879 State Heritage-listed bridge carrying Frome Road over the River Torrens / Karrawirra Pari.
Re-vegetation along river
Riverbanks painstakingly restored with vegetation to reflect pre-European landscape.
River Torrens Sculpture Park
Five public art works installed in 1994 on the banks of the River Torrens.
Doug Nicholls bridge
Erected in 2010, this award-winning pedestrian and cycling bridge over the River Torrens is “an object of art as much as an element of public infrastructure”.
Botanic Park arboretum
Stretching across the full width of Park 11, this Park once hosted a Speakers Corner but these days is best known as Adelaide’s ideal picnic location, as well as an outdoor event space for concerts and festivals.
Grey-headed flying fox colony
Tens of thousands of these flying mammals roost in the tall trees, after foraging far and wide for fruit.
Botanic High School
Built in 2017, extended in 2023, a recent example of State Government attrition of Park Lands.
Tour details
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Single Available from 14 July 2024
Features
Service facilities
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
Operation information
Adelaide Park Lands Walking Tours
Guided Walks to explore little-known nooks and crannies of Adelaide’s greatest treasure: the unique open spaces of its Park Lands.
Adelaide is the only city in the world garlanded by Park Lands. In effect the city is built inside a park, and each part of the Park has its own unique features, heritage, and current usage.
Guided Walks are led by trained Tour leaders and can take between 90 minutes and two hours depending upon the location.
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