Hiking from Eyre Depot to Warren Gorge

You’ll need to get permission to access Eyre Depot at least 72 hours ahead. Please text Tom Smart, Station Manager on 0403 895 055 and leave

• your name
• the date you plan to enter
• the number in your walking party.

There is no vehicle access via Thompson Gap which is often shown on Google maps. You’ll need to drive via Stirling North and Port Augusta along the Pichi Richi Pass to get to Wilkatana Station, 40km north of Port Augusta on Warrakimbo Road. The station tracks to Eyre Depot are signposted.

The track crossing on Depot Creek is only passable in high clearance 4WDs so other vehicles will need to stop at GR 753 307 (Lat/long -32.226394 137.920892). Walkers will need to leave the Trail at the gate at GR 764 302 (lat/long -32.231653 137.933279) on mapsheet 7A (near the memorial). This will approximately 1.5 km to the walk.

Vehicles: From Quorn, drive 19.7 km along the Arden Vale to the Warren Gorge Access Road. Warren Gorge is on land leased to the Flinders Ranges Council. Entry fees are payable via self-registration at the entrance to the Gorge (cash only) or at the Flinders Ranges Visitors Information Centre, Railway Terrace Quorn. Walkers using Warren Gorge as an access point to the Heysen Trail are not required to pay access fees.

Walkers: The spur to Warren Gorge begins at grid reference 795 346 (Lat/Long -32.190924, 137.965761).  The exit at Warren Gorge is via the turnstile located adjacent to the creek at the northern end of the access road. This will add 5 km to the walk.