SA hiker

Today Dan and did a local adventure. We took our bikes for a ride and revisited Port Adelaide. This has been the site for a new development - NewPort - which has seen the construction of muti-story accommodation and marinas. It is interesting to compare this trip to our last blogged url=http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/South-Australia/Adelaide/Port-Adelaide/blog-14594.htmlPort Adelaide visit in July 2005. We called this the 3 bridge tour - the Jervois, the Birkenhead and the brand new Tom (Diver) Dereck bridges. There is a 4th - a railway only bridge - the Blessed Mary MacKillop bridge. First we visitied the mangroves at the southern end at newport. There is a small walkway that allows you to see the roots of these trees. We then checked out the NewPort apartments which were nothing more than earthworks 4 years ago. Although there ... read more

Today we visited Warren. It was a lovely Autumnal day with clear skies and light winds. I really like this walk as there are no 'too steep' sections, lots of different terrain and it is really well marked. You can find out more about Warren at our earlier blogs , , and . ... read more

Introduction Not far from Adelaide, just behind Flinders University, is a very special area - the Sturt river. We went there for our Sunday walk and enjoyed a different experience - taking in sea views, a dam, a creek, gorge and waterfall. Quite magnificient. As there are some steep climbs and creek crossings - we would not recommend if walkers are under 8 or have limited bush experience. How to get there... From the city take South Road to Sturt Road. Drive past Flinders and then take a right hand turn a few km further down Eden Avenue. Work your way to Mountbatten road and park in the turning circle at the end of the road. Enter at Gate 1. There is some info online about Sturt Creek - See here What happened ... We ... read more

Introduction The hikers are normally silent over summer as SA is way too hot to walk - so this year we headed off down South - to Tasmania. Peter decided to drive - which meant we had an opportunity to catch up with Tom and Kate in Mount Gambier and also visited their family at Beachport. If you want to read more about our Tasmania holiday then you should have a look at this web site My Tassie journey. Mt Gambier walk I got up early in the morning and walked from the Presidential Hotel towards Mount Gambier. I went past quite a few tree processing factories and through a sinkhole that had been converted into a cricket ground, before making my way up onto the ridge of the volcano. On the highest point of this ... read more

Introduction This was a shortish walk in the Adelaide Hills called Jupiter Creek. The loop trail takes in a piece of the Heysen trail. The walk is 5 minutes away from Hahndorf - a German 'touristy' town where you can see all manner of quirky germanic things. How to get there From the city, head up Glen Osmond road to the freeway. Continue on the freeway until the exit leading to Hahndorf. From the main street of Harndorf look out for the large brown signs leading to Jupiter Creek Mine. There are several turns and about 5 kms before you arrive at the car park for the walk. What happened.. We were rained on. It doesn't happened very often in South Australia, but it happened today. A sporadic shower dumped on us big time. We had ... read more