Peter, Dan and I went to Mt Bryan last weekend to attend Kym's 50th birthday celebrations on the Sunday. On the Saturday, the boys went out on sheep duty with Tom and I decided to make my own walk around the homestead. I was only out for about 2 hours and took a few pictures as I walked near the Razorback at Mt Bryan. There are not many trees in this area and according to the original maps the country has always been grassland. The trees that you can see dotting the horizon in the 'Start' photo were planted by Peter [View Full Entry]

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Introduction Today's walk was a new take on the Peters Hill walk described in George Driscoll's "50 real bush walks around Adelaide". The one that George describes as Walk number 1 in his book took ages when we last went in 2005- this is a modification that takes in a little bit more of the Heysen Trail, and we were able to complete in 3.5 hours. we also visited the town of Kapunda in particular map the minor giant sculpture of a Cornish miner, and the Kapunda mines, where we did a 1.5 km walk. How to get there... See the [View Full Entry]

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This week the hikers headed for a delightful walk through Chambers Gully. We took the walk in the opposite direction to last time and enjoyed it very much. The creek was in full flow and the frogs were very happy about it. [View Full Entry]

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Introduction The hikers went to visit Scott Conservation Park this Sunday and had a very pleasant (albeit slightly muddy) 3 hour walk. We did a section of a large walk published in the walking guide 'Push the Bush' rather than some of our earlier visits to Scott. While our earlier blogs about Scott were in full-blown spring - see [url=http://www.travelblog.org/Australasia/Australia/South-Australia/Adelaide/Scott-Creek-Conservation-Park/blog-19301.html]Scott walk and [url=http://www.travelblog.org/Australasia/Australia/South-Australia/Adelaide/Scott-Creek-Conservation-Park [View Full Entry]

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Introduction One of the key missions of our Quorn adventure was to get some tadpoles (well at least that was Cian and Natalie had in mind). This took us to the very beautiful Warren Gorge, about 20 minutes north of Quorn on the Arden Vale road. This is a camping area with scattered long-drop toilets and little else other than serenity, a flowing creek with tadpoles and a rocks in which to hide yellow-footed rock wallabies (Mum and Dad - you must put this on your to-do list). We didn't do much of a walk, just climbed up one of the [View Full Entry]

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Introduction This was a drive that we did while we visited Quorn. Ken was keen to try out some Four-wheel driving so we joined him for some rough roads, high excitement and amazing scenery and wild life. You pay some money at the Austral Hotel in the main street of Quorn and access the Arden Hills from within Warren Gorge. A magnificent experience with stunning views to the East and West. Dan says... The drive was beautiful and stomach churning - a strange combination. Everywhere you saw nature, amazing views and lots of wildlife - it was so beautiful that yo [View Full Entry]

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We made another trip to Hale with weekend. If you would like to know how to get there - I have included a route map. It was delightful to see water flowing in the creek and waterfall again after the last time we visited when it was bone dry. You might remember our previous blog about Hale: - but this was when it was bright and sunny - today's snaps are from a cool windy day that threatened (but didn't) shower. In other words, pretty good for walking. I took along Peter's golf umbrella in case it did rain - and [View Full Entry]

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Not a walk, but a few pictures to share. Dan turned 10 on the 22nd and we had a Laser skirmish party to celebrate. [View Full Entry]

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What happened One of Quorn's attraction is the Pitchi Ritchi Railway. Our day's adventure started when we were having our delicious Miller's breakfast at the Old Mill motel in Quorn - served by our gracious host, Concepta - with a loud toot-toot; indicating that the steam train was all steamed up and ready to go. The kids were very excited! We walked down to the station and paid for our pre-reserved tickets in the Wandana carriage. It was a delightful journey to Woolshed flat over several bridges, up hills, and fo [View Full Entry]

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Introduction The hikers ventured to Quorn for some holidays with friends. About 10 minutes out of Quorn is a walking trail that takes you to the top of Dutchman's stern - a rocky hill that affords views to Wilpena Pound in one direction, and Spencer Gulf and Port Augusta in the other. The Information centre in the Main street in Quorn had free walking maps (and lots of not-so-helpful advice). How to get there Quorn is the gateway to the Flinders and is located about 3.5 hours drive North of Adelaide. The route map linked to this blog shows you the [View Full Entry]

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