Cleland Cottage (formerly Mount Lofty Cottage YHA)

Accommodation option

Commercial

Accommodation

  • Self contained unit/house

Location

Gate 25, Summit Road, Crafers, in the Cleland National Park
Located within walking distance to Mount Lofty Summit and Cleland Wildlife Park.

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Coordinates

Grid ref: 905 273

Latitude: -34.974304
Longitude: 138.706223

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Facilities

Cottage sleeps up to ten people in three bedrooms (two queens and three sets of bunks). The cottage is self-contained with crockery, cutlery, cooking utensils, pots & pans supplied. Bring your own sheets, pillows, blankets and towels.
There are 2 water tanks but they behind a padlocked gate and are not accessible to the public.

Notes

Update July 2025 – Parks SA has advised the property is secured with a combination padlock. The combination is sent by email through the Parks on-line booking system. The previous arrangement of collecting a key from Belair is no longer applicable.

History

Originally built as a two-roomed hut, probably to accommodation shepherds working for Arthur Hardy or Sir Samuel Davenport. Hardy and Davenport were two of the first large estate landowners on this side of Mount Lofty Summit. They used the land chiefly for pastoralism and logging but also some agriculture, including the growing of vines and olives. Hardy was the first ‘colonial gentleman’ to build a summer house on Mount Lofty – nearby Mount Lofty House in the 1850s.

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What visitors have to say…

  1. Key information may be out of date.

    Should be OK for through walkers, when you book you’re given a code to unlock the hut, no need to collect or return keys.

    1. Friends of the Heysen Trail

      Thanks Sean – very welcome news. We have changed the booking notes to include the use of a combination lock.

  2. William Fry

    Will this be available for the 26th of December?

    1. Friends of the Heysen Trail

      Hi William,
      Please note that bookings for this site are arranged through Parks SA. The Friends merely list camp sites etc as an aid to walkers, but we aren’t responsible for bookings.

  3. Friends of the Heysen Trail

    The former Mt Lofty YHA is now managed by Parks SA and operating as Cleland Cottage. The listing on our Accommodation page has been updated to reflect this.

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