CALLINGTON ON FOOT
Walk through layered history

If you like your walks with a story, Callington’s Heritage Trail offers plenty. This small town sits on Peramangk Country, where First Nations people lived for tens of thousands of years; hunting, trading, and moving with the seasons across the Bremer Valley. The river was a source of water and food; the surrounding woodlands offered shelter and tools. This land has always held knowledge, and traces of that history still echo through the landscape.

Later, copper mining transformed the area. The Callington Heritage Trail and Bremer Boot Trail walk you through what remains. From 1850s miners’ cottages and the old Town & Country Bank, to the Phillips general store and the site of Australia’s first commercial smelter. The Callington Cemetery offers a glimpse into early European life, with graves of miners and families who called the town home.

Start at the Erskine Bridge (pic below), wander through Montefiore and Murray Streets, and follow the loop out toward the rec grounds. Look closely and you’ll spot slag heaps still marked with the boots of 19th-century miners.

It’s a quiet walk through time, one that invites you to notice what came before, what still stands, and what continues to grow. At the end or before you could pop into the Bremer River Cottage for some home made wholesome food and coffee.