Merton motor trail
- 20km (loop)
Car touring (easy)
Mountain biking (easy)
Walking (easy, 3 hours )
Road cycling
General information
Merton motor trail is a 20km loop that passes through the various spectacular landscapes and wildlife habitats of the park. Whether you’re driving or cycling, stop along the way to explore remnants of the area’s historic past, both Aboriginal and pastoral. Why not take a picnic lunch and make a day of it?
It’s believed that Aboriginal people first came to this area over 45,000 years ago. On the scalds near Halls Lake, years of erosion have uncovered evidence of their daily lives. Keep your eyes open for the remains of oven hearths, stone flakes and broken pieces of grinding dishes.
The trail also passes Merton Outstation. Wander these untouched ruins and consider what life might have been like on this and other isolated outstations of Big Willandra. At Willandra Creek, park and walk 200m upstream to the old sheep bridge across which livestock was once herded between paddocks.
Location:
shown on park map
Driving trips: events and activities
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