Parking
Use the named Bamboo Creek Tin Mine carpark; the loop starts and ends there.
Overview
About Bamboo Creek Tin Mine Walk
Why go
- A compact circuit through stone ruins, water tanks and mill machinery.
Heads up
- The route is brief and focused on industrial history rather than a longer bushwalk.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation73–81 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
3 active Litchfield alerts
- CautionReynolds River Track: deep water crossingsThe Reynolds River Track is open to 4WDs only, but rough conditions and water crossings about 500–600 mm deep require care.Official details
- ClosureTabletop Track closedThe Tabletop Track is closed because an Excess Heat Warning is in effect and there is no accessible drinking water. - Permit access only; do not plan an unpermitted walk on the track.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Litchfield Tour Guide
Your drive to Bamboo Creek Tin Mine Walk, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Litchfield National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this trailhead
Bamboo Creek Tin Mine0:00 / 0:22
“You're nearing Bamboo Creek Tin Mine, where a short walking loop takes you past the remains of a small operation begun around 1906.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Litchfield Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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Trail guide
Hiking Bamboo Creek Tin Mine Walk
A quick heritage loopBamboo Creek Tin Mine Walk is a roughly 0.
Bamboo Creek Tin Mine Walk is a roughly 0.4-mile (600 m) circuit from the Bamboo Creek Tin Mine carpark in Litchfield National Park. The easy route crosses Bamboo Creek and circles the old workings; allow about half an hour to look around. Its payoff is a compact site visit focused on the mine remains.
Follow the old workingsThe path reaches stone remains of miners' living quarters, climbs toward the mine-shaft area,…
The path reaches stone remains of miners' living quarters, climbs toward the mine-shaft area, passes two water tanks, then descends to the mill and its old engine. Mining began around 1906, continued only sporadically, and ended in 1955. Some machinery parts were removed over the years, but the mill ruins and engine still show how the ore was processed.
Access and cautionsYou cross Bamboo Creek and encounter two short stair sections, both of which can be bypassed.
You cross Bamboo Creek and encounter two short stair sections, both of which can be bypassed. Stay out of the old mine shaft. Pets aren't permitted in NT parks; assistance animals are allowed. Most visitors from outside the Northern Territory need an NT Parks Visitor Pass; NT residents are exempt. Start and finish at the named carpark.
