Weirs Cove Hike (2.8km), Flinders Chase National Park, South Australia

Weirs Cove Hike is a 2.8km, grade 3 hike located in the Flinders Chase National Park, South Australia. The hike should take around 1.45 hrs to complete.

Length: 2.8km

Duration: 1.45 hrs

Grade: 3

Style: Return

Start: Cape Du Couedic Rd

End: Cape Du Couedic Rd

Location: Flinders Chase National Park

Closest town: Flinders Chase

South Australia

From state capital: 280km

Longitude: 136.7052385

Latitude: -36.057979

Hike summary

Hike to Weirs Cove to where fresh supplies were offloaded by boat for the lighthouse keepers and their families. Prior to 1907 the building materials for the lighthouse and the supplies were brought in by steamship, transferred to small boats and then landed at the base of the cliffs, before the goods were carried up the 90 metre steep cliff. In 1907 a jetty and flying fox were constructed to winch goods up the cliff. At the top of the cliffs a stone building with compartments for each family kept food cooler.

The hike begins from near the lighthouse at Cape du Couedic. There is a trailheads information board in the first carpark, near the lighthouse. The trailhead itself can be found by walking to the lighthouse and looking to the left (east). Walking out you might catch glimpses of Remarkable Rocks, and on your return you will see the Cape du Couedic lighthouse on the horizon.

GPX file courtesy of Walking SA. File may not contain elevation data and may only represent half the length on return hikes.

Route and GPX file

Total distance: 1394 m
Max elevation: 0 m
Min elevation: 0 m
Total climbing: 0 m
Total descent: 0 m

Download file: Weirs-Cove-Hike.gpx

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Flinders Chase National Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located at the west end of Kangaroo Island about 177 kilometres west-south west of the state capital of Adelaide and 110 kilometres west of the municipal seat of Kingscote.

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